Liaoxitriton is an extinct genus of prehistoric cryptobranchoid salamanders from the Early Cretaceous of China. It contains one species, L. zhongjiani, from the Aptian aged Yixian Formation. A second species, L. daohugouensis from the Middle/Late Jurassic Tiaojishan Formation,[1] was moved to the genus Neimengtriton in 2021 after a number of studies noted morphological differences between the two genera.[2]
| Liaoxitriton Temporal range: Early Cretaceous (early Aptian)
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| L. zhongjiani specimen IVPP V14071, Paleozoological Museum of China | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Suborder: | Cryptobranchoidea |
| Genus: | †Liaoxitriton Dong & Wang, 1998 |
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| †Liaoxitriton zhongjiani Dong & Wang, 1998
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See also
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References
edit- ^ Wang, Y. (2004). "A new Mesozoic caudate (Liaoxitriton daohugouensis sp. nov.) from Inner Mongolia, China". Chinese Science Bulletin. 49 (8): 858. doi:10.1360/03wd0115.
- ^ Jia, J.; Anderson, J.S.; Gao, K-.G. (2021). "Middle Jurassic stem hynobiid from China shed light on the evolution of basal salamanders". iScience. 24 (7). Bibcode:2021iSci...24j2744J. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2021.102744. PMC 8264161. PMID 34278256.
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