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Iridotriton

Iridotriton
Temporal range: Late Jurassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Suborder: Cryptobranchoidea
Genus: Iridotriton
Evans et al., 2005
Type species
Iridotriton hechti
Evans et al., 2005

Iridotriton is an extinct genus of prehistoric cryptobranch salamander, known from a fossil found in stratigraphic zone 6 of the late Jurassic Morrison Formation in the Dinosaur National Monument. One species has been described, Iridotriton hechti.



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