Iridotriton Temporal range: Late Jurassic |
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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.