Parent taxon: Salamandridae according to M. Böhme 2010
See also Böhme 2008, Carroll 1988, Estes 1981, Venczel and Stiuca 2008 and Vianey-Liaud et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Archaeotriton, Brachycormus, Carpathotriton, Chioglossa, Euproctus, Koaliella, Koalliella, Lissotriton, Megalotriton, Mertensiella, Notophthalmus, Oligosemia, Palaeopleurodeles, Phosphotriton, Pleurodeles, Procynops, Salamandrina, Taricha, Triturus, Tylototriton
Subtaxa: Chelotriton ogygius Chelotriton paradoxus Chelotriton robustus
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of France (1 collection)
• Miocene of Austria (5), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), the Czech Republic (2), France (1), Germany (8), Hungary (1), Italy (1), Kazakhstan (1), Moldova (1), Poland (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (2), Ukraine (1)
• Oligocene of France (2), Germany (3)
Total: 32 collections including 35 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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