Albanerpetontidae

Albanerpetontidae
Temporal range: Middle JurassicPleistocene Bathonian–Gelasian
Fossil of Celtedens ibericus, showing the remains of scales surrounding the body in grey
Skull of Yaksha peretti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Allocaudata
Fox and Naylor, 1982
Family: Albanerpetontidae
Fox and Naylor, 1982
Genera
Synonyms
  • Albanerpetonidae
  • Albanerpetidae

The Albanerpetontidae (also spelled Albanerpetidae and Albanerpetonidae) are an extinct family of small amphibians, native to the Northern Hemisphere during the Mesozoic and Cenozoic. The only members of the order Allocaudata, they are thought to be allied with living amphibians belonging to Lissamphibia. Despite a superficially salamander-like bodyform, their anatomy is strongly divergent from modern amphibians in numerous aspects. The fossil record of albanerpetontids spans over 160 million years from the Middle Jurassic to the beginning of the Pleistocene, about 2.13–2 million years ago.