Chunerpeton
Chunerpeton tianyiensis is an extinct species of salamander from the Late Jurassic Daohugou Beds in Ningcheng County, Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia), China. It is the only species classified under the genus Chunerpeton.[1] It was a small animal measuring 18 cm in length.[2]
| Chunerpeton tianyiensis | |
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| Fossil specimen of C. tianyiensis, Beijing Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Clade: | Caudata |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Suborder: | Cryptobranchoidea |
| Genus: | †Chunerpeton Gao & Shubin, 2003 |
| Species: | †C. tianyiensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Chunerpeton tianyiensis Gao & Shubin, 2003 | |
Artist's reconstruction of Chunerpeton tianyiensis
It lived with other primitive salamanders, e.g. Jeholotriton paradoxus Wang 2000, Liaoxitriton daohugouensis Wang 2004, and Pangerpeton sinensis Wang & Evans 2006 of the same age.
The strata containing these fossil salamanders, the Daohugou Beds, is controversial in its age, ranging from Middle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous.
References
- Ke-Qin Gao & Neil H. Shubin (27 March 2003). "Earliest known crown-group salamanders". Nature. 422 (6930): 424–428. doi:10.1038/nature01491. PMID 12660782.
- http://www.palaeocritti.com/by-group/lissamphibia/chunerpeton
Further reading
- Herpetology, Third Edition: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles by Laurie J. Vitt and Janalee P. Caldwell
- Fins into Limbs: Evolution, Development, and Transformation by Brian K. Hall
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