Seminobatrachus

Seminobatrachus Temporal range: Thanetian - Ypresian, 57–54 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓

A fossil with soft tissue impressions interpreted at right
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Urodela
Genus:	†Seminobatrachus Skutschas & Gubin, 2011
Species
†S. boltyschkensis Skutschas & Gubin, 2011 (type)

Seminobatrachus is an extinct genus of neotenic salamander from late Paleocene to early Eocene deposits of Cherkassy Region, central Ukraine. It is known from 14 skeletons from a drill hole near Boltyshka village. It was first named by Pavel P. Skutschas and Yuri M. Gubin in 2011 and the type species is Seminobatrachus boltyschkensis.^[1]

References

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↑ Pavel P. Skutschas and Yuri M. Gubin (2011). "A new salamander from the late Paleocene–early Eocene of Ukraine" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 57. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0101.

Caudate families by suborder

Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Subphylum Craniata Superclass Tetrapoda Class Amphibia

Cryptobranchoidea	Cryptobranchidae Hynobiidae

Salamandroidea	Ambystomatidae Amphiumidae Dicamptodontidae Plethodontidae Proteidae Rhyacotritonidae Salamandridae

Sirenoidea	Sirenidae

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