Chrysotriton 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

Parent taxon: Dicamptodontinae according to R. Estes 1981

See also Carroll 1988

Sister taxa: Ambystomichnus, Bargmannia, Geyeriella, Wolterstorffiella

Subtaxa: Chrysotriton tiheni

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Type: Chrysotriton tiheni

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at White Butte/Turtle Valley (Eocene of North Dakota)

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