Kulgeriherpeton ultimus Skutschas et al. 2018 (salamander)

Amphibia - Caudata

Full reference: P. P. Skutschas, V. V. Kolchanov, A. O. Averianov, T. Martin, R. Schellhorn, P. N. Kolosov, and D. D. Vitenko. 2018. A new relict stem salamander from the Early Cretaceous of Yakutia, Siberian Russia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 63

Belongs to Kulgeriherpeton according to P. P. Skutschas et al. 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ZIN PH 3/246, a set of vertebrae (nearly complete atlas). Its type locality is Teete (PIN Loc. 4874), which is in a Berriasian/Barremian lacustrine sandstone in the Batylykh Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Teete (PIN Loc. 4874)

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