Iridotriton is an extinct genus of prehistoric salamander[1][2] known from a fossil found in stratigraphic zone 6 of the late Jurassic Morrison Formation[3] in the Dinosaur National Monument.[4] One species has been described, Iridotriton hechti.[5] It is likely a member of Cryptobranchoidea.[6]
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Iridotriton is an extinct genus of prehistoric salamander known from a fossil found in stratigraphic zone 6 of the late Jurassic Morrison Formation in...
dispersed into North America by the end of the Jurassic, as evidenced by Iridotriton, found in the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation. The stem-caecilian Eocaecilia...
paradoxus, Regalerpeton weichangensis, Liaoxitriton daohugouensis and Iridotriton hechti, and the latter by Beiyanerpeton jianpingensis. By the Upper Cretaceous...
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as Marmorerpeton, Karaurus, Jeholotriton, Chunerpeton, Liaoxitriton, Iridotriton, and Valdotriton. The analysis placed Pangerpeton as a sister taxon to...
formation, although the two dubious genera were erected decades apart. Iridotriton I. hechti Utah, Brushy Basin A partial skull and incomplete postcranial...
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