Phosphotriton sigei Tissier et al. 2016 (newt)

Amphibia - Caudata - Urodela

Full reference: J. Tissier, J.-C. Rage, R. Boistel, V. Fernandez, N. Pollet, G. Garcia, and M. Laurin. 2016. Synchrotron analysis of a ‘mummified’ salamander (Vertebrata: Caudata) from the Eocene of Quercy, France. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 177:147-164

Belongs to Phosphotriton according to J. Tissier et al. 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNHN.F.QU17755, a skeleton ("mummified" skeleton). 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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