Yaksha perettii Daza et al. 2020 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae

Full reference: J. D. Daza, E. L. Stanley, A. Bolet, A. M. Bauer, J. S. Arias, A. Cernanský, J. L. Bevitt, P. Wagner, and S. E. Evans. 2020. Enigmatic amphibians in mid-Cretaceous amber were chameleon-like ballistic feeders. Science 370:687-691

Belongs to Yaksha according to J. D. Daza et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Burmese amber (Peretti coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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