Sinerpeton Gao and Shubin 2001 (salamander)

Amphibia - Caudata - Urodela

Full reference: K.-Q. Gao and N. H. Shubin. 2001. Late Jurassic salamanders from northern China. Nature 410:574-577

Parent taxon: Urodela according to K.-Q. Gao and N. H. Shubin 2001

See also Wang 2004 and Zhou and Wang 2010

Sister taxa: Ambystomatoidea, Amphiumidae, Cryptobranchoidea, Hemitrypus, Hynobiidae, Iridotriton, Kiyatriton, Laccotriton, Liaoxitriton, Meantes, Menopomidae, Neocaudata, Nesovtriton, Nezpercius, Plethodontidae, Pleurodelidae, Polysemia, Proteidae, Rhyacotritonidae, Salamandra, Salamandridae, Salamandroidea, Seminobatrachus, Sirenidae, Thoriidae, Valdotriton

Subtaxa: Sinerpeton fengshanensis

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Type: Sinerpeton fengshanensis

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Fengshan fossil bed, Paozhanggou (Jurassic of China)

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