Pangerpeton Wang and Evans 2006 (salamander)

Amphibia - Caudata - Urodela

Full reference: Y. Wang and S. E. Evans. 2006. A new short-bodied salamander from the Upper Jurassic/Lower Cretaceous of China. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51(1):127-130

Parent taxon: Salamandroidea according to Y.-F. Rong 2018

See also Skutschas and Gubin 2012 and Wang and Evans 2006

Sister taxa: Balveherpeton, Beiyanerpeton, Jeholotriton, Nasopus, Necturidae, Qinglongtriton, Regalerpeton

Subtaxa: Pangerpeton sinensis

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Type: Pangerpeton sinensis

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Wubaiding Village (Jurassic of China)

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