Ramonellus Nevo and Estes 1969 (salamander)

Amphibia - Caudata

Full reference: E. Nevo and R. Estes. 1969. Ramonellus longispinus, an Early Cretaceous salamander from Israel. Copeia 1969(3):540-547

Parent taxon: Caudata according to J. D. Gardner et al. 2003

See also Carroll 1988, Estes 1981, Gardner and Böhme 2008 and Nevo and Estes 1969

Sister taxa: Amphiumoidea, Apricosiren, Batrachosauroididae, Bishara, Comonecturoides, Comonecturoides marshi, Egoria, Galverpeton, Heteroclitotriton, Hylaeobatrachus, Karauridae, Karauroidea, Kulgeriherpeton, Marmorerpeton, Noterpetontidae, Pancryptobrancha, Plethodontoidea, Prosirenoidea, Triassuridae, Urodela, Urupia

Subtaxa: Ramonellus longispinus

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Type: Ramonellus longispinus

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Amphibian Hill (Cretaceous of Israel)

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