Regalerpeton

Regalerpeton
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Clade: Caudata
Genus: †
Zhang et al., 2009
Species

R. weichangensis Zhang et al., 2009 (type)

Regalerpeton is an extinct genus of salamander known from the Early Cretaceous of Huajiying Formation, China.[1] It was first named by Guilin Zhang, Yuan Wang, Marc E.H. Jones and Susan E. Evans in 2009 and the type species is Regalerpeton weichangensis.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Zhang, Guilin; Wang, Yuan; Jones, Marc E.H. & Evans, Susan E. (June 2009). "A new Early Cretaceous salamander (Regalerpeton weichangensis gen. et sp. nov.) from the Huajiying Formation of northeastern China". Cretaceous Research. 30 (3): 551–558. Bibcode:2009CrRes..30..551Z. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2008.10.004.


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