Nuominerpeton aquilonaris Jia and Gao 2016 (salamander)

Amphibia - Caudata - Urodela

Full reference: J. Jia and K.-Q. Gao. 2016. A new hynobiid-like salamander (Amphibia, Urodela) from Inner Mongolia, China, provides a rare case study of developmental features in an Early Cretaceous fossil urodele. PeerJ 4:e2499:1-44

Belongs to Nuominerpeton according to J. Jia and K.-Q. Gao 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PKUP V0414, a skeleton. Its type locality is Pigeon Hill, near Taipingqiao village, which is in an Aptian terrestrial siltstone in the Longjiang Formation of China.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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