Liaoxitriton Explained

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]

See also

• Prehistoric amphibian
• List of prehistoric amphibians

Notes and References

1. Wang . Y. . A new Mesozoic caudate (Liaoxitriton daohugouensis sp. nov.) from Inner Mongolia, China . 10.1360/03wd0115 . Chinese Science Bulletin . 49 . 8 . 858 . 2004 .
2. Jia . J. . Anderson . J.S. . Gao . K-.G. . Middle Jurassic stem hynobiid from China shed light on the evolution of basal salamanders . iScience . 2021 . 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102744. free . 8264161 .