Parent taxon: Salamandridae according to M. Böhme 2010
See also Böhme 2008, Carroll 1988, Estes 1981, Venczel and Stiuca 2008 and Vianey-Liaud et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Archaeotriton, Brachycormus, Carpathotriton, Chioglossa, Euproctus, Ichthyosaura, Koaliella, Koalliella, Lissotriton, Megalotriton, Mertensiella, Notophthalmus, Oligosemia, Ommatotriton, Palaeopleurodeles, Phosphotriton, Pleurodeles, Procynops, Salamandrina, Taricha, Triturus, Tylototriton
Subtaxa: Chelotriton ogygius Chelotriton paradoxus Chelotriton robustus
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of France (1 collection)
• Turolian of Romania (1)
• Miocene of Austria (5), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Czechia (2), France (1), Germany (8), Hungary (1), Italy (1), Kazakhstan (1), Poland (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (2), Ukraine (1)
• Oligocene of France (2), Germany (3)
Total: 32 collections including 35 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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