Parrisia neocesariensis 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

Belongs to Parrisia according to R. K. Denton and R. C. O'Neill 1998

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NJSM 16609, a set of vertebrae (complete atlas). Its type locality is Ellisdale Site, which is in a Campanian estuary/bay sandstone in the Marshalltown Formation of New Jersey.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ellisdale Site

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