Parrisia Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 84.9–70.6 Ma |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Caudata |
Family: | Batrachosauroididae |
Genus: |
Parrisia Denton and O'Neill, 1998 |
Type species | |
Parrisia neocesariensis Denton and O'Neill, 1998 |
Parrisia is an extinct genus of legless batrachosauroidid salamander from Campanian-age rocks in the Marshalltown Formation, Monmouth County, New Jersey. The type and only species is Parrisia neocesariensis, which was discovered at the Ellisdale Fossil Site in New Jersey.