Chrysotriton tiheni Estes 1981 (giant salamander)

Amphibia - Caudata - Urodela

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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