Beiyanerpeton Gao and Shubin 2012 (salamander)

Amphibia - Caudata - Urodela

Full reference: K. -Q. Gao and N. H. Shubin. 2012. Late Jurassic salamandroid from western Liaoning, China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109(15):5767-5772

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

See also Gao and Shubin 2012

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

Subtaxa: Beiyanerpeton jianpingensis

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Type: Beiyanerpeton jianpingensis

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Guancaishan, near Jianping (Jurassic of China)

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