Megalotriton filholi Zittel 1890 (newt)

Amphibia - Caudata - Urodela

Belongs to Megalotriton according to Zittel 1890

See also Estes 1981

Sister taxon: Megalotriton portisi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Phosphorites du Quercy (for taxa with non-specific locality data), which is in an Eocene/Miocene terrestrial phosphorite in the Quercy Phosphorites Formation of France

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Phosphorites du Quercy (for taxa with non-specific locality data)

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