Batrachosauroididae is an extinct family of prehistoric salamanders with holarctic distribution. They were paedomorphic and presumably aquatic. They are possibly the sister taxon of Proteidae, an extant family of aquatic salamanders.[1] They are definitively known from the Late Cretaceous to Miocene of North America and Europe. Remains from the earliest Cretaceous (Berriasian) Lulworth Formation of England have tenatively been attributed to this family.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Subclass: | Lissamphibia |
| Superorder: | Batrachia |
| Clade: | Caudata |
| Family: | †Batrachosauroididae Auffenberg, 1958 |
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Batrachosauridae | |
The following genera are included:[3]
- Batrachosauroides United States, Eocene-Miocene
- Opisthotriton North America, Late Cretaceous-Paleocene
- Palaeoproteus Europe Paleocene-Miocene
- Parrisia United States, Late Cretaceous
- Peratosauroides United States, Miocene
- Prodesmodon North America Late Cretaceous-Paleocene
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Denton Jr., Robert K. & Robert C. O'Neill (1998). "Parrisia neocesariensis, a new batrachosauroidid salamander and other amphibians from the Campanian of eastern North America". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 18 (3): 484–494. Bibcode:1998JVPal..18..484D. doi:10.1080/02724634.1998.10011076. JSTOR 4523920.
- ^ S. E. Evans and G. J. McGowan. 2002. An amphibian assemblage from the Purbeck Limestone Group. Special Papers in Palaeontology 68:103-119
- ^ "†family Batrachosauroididae Auffenberg 1958". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
