†Chrysotriton tiheni Estes 1981 (giant salamander)
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Full reference: R. Estes. 1981. Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie/Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology. Part 2. Gymnophiona, Caudata. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart xv-115
Belongs to Chrysotriton according to R. Estes 1981
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PU 17314, a set of vertebrae. Its type locality is White Butte/Turtle Valley, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial claystone in the Golden Valley Formation of North Dakota.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution: found only at White Butte/Turtle Valley
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