†Prosiren elinorae Goin and Auffenberg 1958 (salamander)
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Amphibia - Caudata - Prosirenidae
Full reference: C. J. Goin and W. Auffenberg. 1958. New salamanders of the family Sirenidae from the Cretaceous of North America. Fieldiana: Geology 10(33):449-459
Belongs to Prosiren according to R. Estes 1981
See also Estes 1969 and Goin and Auffenberg 1958
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: FMNH PR 391, a set of vertebrae (dorsal vertebra). Its type locality is Butler Farm, which is in an Aptian/Albian terrestrial claystone in the Antlers Formation of Texas.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (6: Texas collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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