Opisthotriton

Opisthotriton Temporal range: Campanian-Lancian ~84–64 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Family:	†Batrachosauroididae
Genus:	†Opisthotriton Auffenberg, 1961
Species
O. kayi Auffenberg, 1961 O. gidleyi Sullivan, 1991[1]

Opisthotriton is an extinct genus of prehistoric salamanders that lived in North America between at least the Upper Cretaceous and the Paleocene.^[2]

See also

• List of prehistoric amphibians

References

1. Holman, J. Alan (2006). Fossil salamanders of North America. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-34732-9. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
2. "The Plaeobiology Database - Opisthotriton". Retrieved 13 August 2010.