Holotype skull of Yaksha perettii, dark grey represents preserved soft tissue
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Amphibia
Order:
†Allocaudata
Family:
†Albanerpetontidae
Genus:
†Yaksha Daza et al, 2020
Species:
†Y. perettii
Binomial name
†Yaksha perettii
Daza et al, 2020
Yaksha perettii is an extinct species of albanerpetontid amphibian, and the only species in the genus Yaksha. It is known from three specimens found in Cenomanian aged Burmese amber from Myanmar. The remains of Yaksha perettii are the best preserved of all albanerpetontids, which usually consist of isolated fragments or crushed flat, and have provided significant insights in the morphology and lifestyle of the group.
Yakshaperettii is an extinct species of albanerpetontid amphibian, and the only species in the genus Yaksha. It is known from three specimens found in...
Hoffstetter 1976 Early Oligocene- Late Miocene, Europe Genus Yaksha Daza et al, 2020 Yakshaperettii Daza et al, 2020 Late Cretaceous, Myanmar Fragmentary remains...
found that Albanerpeton is paraphyletic with respect to Shirerpeton and Yaksha, and it has been suggested that Albanerpeton be restricted to the Cenozoic...
Taxon Authority Year described Notes image Yakshaperettii Daza et al. 2020 Figured in a 2016 as a Chameleonid. Identified in 2018 as an albanerpetontid...
Images Yaksha Gen. et sp. nov Valid Daza et al. Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Burmese amber Myanmar An albanerpetontid. The type species is Y. perettii....
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