Full reference: A. O. Averianov and A. V. Voronkevich. 2002. A new crown-group salamander from the Early Cretaceous of western Siberia. Russian Journal of Herpetology 9(3):209-214
Parent taxon: Urodela according to P. P. Skutschas 2014
See also Averianov and Voronkevich 2002
Sister taxa: Ambystomatoidea, Amphiumidae, Cryptobranchoidea, Hemitrypus, Hynobiidae, Iridotriton, Laccotriton, Liaoxitriton, Meantes, Menopomidae, Neocaudata, Nesovtriton, Nezpercius, Plethodontidae, Pleurodelidae, Polysemia, Proteidae, Rhyacotritonidae, Salamandra, Salamandridae, Salamandroidea, Seminobatrachus, Sinerpeton, Sirenidae, Thoriidae, Valdotriton
Subtaxa: Kiyatriton krasnolutskii Kiyatriton leshchinskiyi
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (3 collections)
• Jurassic of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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