Hylaeobatrachus Explained

Hylaeobatrachus is an extinct genus of prehistoric salamander, known from the Early Cretaceous of Europe.^[1] The type species H. croyii is known from the Sainte-Barbe Clays Formation at the Iguanodon locality of Belgium, and was described by Louis Dollo. An unnamed Hylaeobatrachus-like taxon has also been reported from Las Hoyas, Spain. Both localities are of Barremian age.^[2] Hylaeobatrachus belongs to the crown group of modern salamanders, though its exact relationship with modern salamander groups is uncertain. It was neotenic, llike some modern salamanders.^[3]

See also

• Prehistoric amphibian
• List of prehistoric amphibians

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hylaeobatrachus Dollo, 1884 . Martín, C. . Sanchiz, B. . 2014 . Lisanfos KMS. Version 1.2. Online reference accessible at www.lisanfos.mncn.csic.es/ . Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, MNCN-CSIC, Madrid (Spain) . 21 February 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140224180934/http://www.lisanfos.mncn.csic.es/?module=taxon&id=840&lang=en . 24 February 2014 .
2. Skutschas . Pavel P. . Kolchanov . Veniamin V. . Schwermann . Achim H. . December 2020 . First salamander from the Lower Cretaceous of Germany . Cretaceous Research . en . 116 . 104606 . 10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104606. 225440583 .
3. Jones . Marc E. H. . Benson . Roger B. J. . Skutschas . Pavel . Hill . Lucy . Panciroli . Elsa . Schmitt . Armin D. . Walsh . Stig A. . Evans . Susan E. . 2022-07-26 . Middle Jurassic fossils document an early stage in salamander evolution . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . en . 119 . 30 . e2114100119 . 10.1073/pnas.2114100119 . 0027-8424 . 9335269 . 35858401.