Parrisia Denton, Jr. and O'Neill 1998 (salamander)

Amphibia - Proteida - Batrachosauroididae

Full reference: R. K. Denton, Jr. and R. C. O'Neill. 1998. Parrisia neocesariensis, a new batrachosauroidid salamander and other amphibians from the Campanian of eastern North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(3):484-494

Parent taxon: Batrachosauroididae according to R. K. Denton and R. C. O'Neill 1998

Sister taxa: Batrachosauroides, Opisthotriton, Palaeoproteus, Peratosauroides, Prodesmodon

Subtaxa: Parrisia neocesariensis

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Type: Parrisia neocesariensis

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ellisdale Site (Cretaceous of New Jersey)

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