Necturus krausei
| Necturus krausei Temporal range: Tiffanian ~ | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Proteidae |
| Genus: | Necturus |
| Species: | †N. krausei |
| Binomial name | |
| †Necturus krausei Naylor, 1978 | |
Necturus krausei is an extinct species of mudpuppy salamanders from the Paleocene of Saskatchewan in Canada.[2][3] It is known from a set of vertebrae found in the Ravenscrag Formation.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "†Necturus krausei Naylor 1978 (mudpuppy)". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ Naylor, B. G. (1978). "The earliest known Necturus (Amphibia, Urodela), from the Paleocene Ravenscrag Formation of Saskatchewan". Journal of Herpetology. 12 (4): 565–569. doi:10.2307/1563363. JSTOR 1563363.
- ^ J. Alan Holman (2006). Fossil salamander of North America. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0253347327.
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