Jeholotriton
Name:
Jeholotriton.
Phonetic: Je-hol-o-try-ton.
Named By: Y. Wang - 2000.
Classification: Chordata, Amphibia, Urodela,
Cryptobranchoidea.
Species: J. paradoxus
(type).
Diet: Insectivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: China, Liaoning Province -
Tiaojishan Formation.
Time period: Callovian of the Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Complete individual.
Jeholotriton is a genus of salamander that lived in China towards the end of the mid-Jurassic.
Further reading
- A new salamander (Amphibia: Caudata) from the Early
Cretaceous Jehol Biota. - Vertebrata PalAsiatica 38:100-103. -
Y. Wang - 2000.
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