Regalerpeton
| Regalerpeton Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Suborder: | Cryptobranchoidea |
| Genus: | †Regalerpeton Zhang et al., 2009 |
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R. weichangensis Zhang et al., 2009 (type) | |
Regalerpeton is an extinct genus of cryptobranchoid salamander known from the Early Cretaceous of Huajiying Formation, China.[1] It was first named by Guilin Zhang, Yuan Wang, Marc E.H. Jones and Susan E. Evans in 2009 and the type species is Regalerpeton weichangensis.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Zhang, Guilin; Wang, Yuan; Jones, Marc E.H. & Evans, Susan E. (June 2009). "A new Early Cretaceous salamander (Regalerpeton weichangensis gen. et sp. nov.) from the Huajiying Formation of northeastern China". Cretaceous Research. 30 (3): 551–558. Bibcode:2009CrRes..30..551Z. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2008.10.004.
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