Triassurus

Triassurus
Temporal range: Late Triassic,
~235–222 Ma
Sketch of the holotype
Life restoration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Clade: Caudata
Family: Triassuridae
Ivakhnenko, 1978
Genus: Triassurus
Ivakhnenko, 1978
Species:
T. sixtelae
Binomial name
Triassurus sixtelae
Ivakhnenko, 1978

Triassurus is an extinct genus of amphibian, and the oldest member of Caudata (salamanders and close relalatives). It is known from the Middle to Upper Triassic (Ladinian-Carnian) aged Madygen Formation in Kyrgyzstan.[1][2] The type species is T. sixtelae.[1]

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