Liaoxitriton

Liaoxitriton; Temporal range: Early Cretaceous (early Aptian)
	L. zhongjiani specimen IVPP V14071, Paleozoological Museum of China
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Clade:	Caudata
Genus:	†; Dong & Wang, 1998
Type species
	†Liaoxitriton zhongjiani; Dong & Wang, 1998

Liaoxitriton is an extinct genus of salamanders from the Early Cretaceous of China. It contains one species, L. zhongjiani, from the Aptian aged Yixian Formation. A second species, L. daohugouensis from the Middle/Late Jurassic Tiaojishan Formation,^[1] was moved to the genus Neimengtriton in 2021 after a number of studies noted morphological differences between the two genera.^[2]

References

^ Wang, Y. (2004). "A new Mesozoic caudate (Liaoxitriton daohugouensis sp. nov.) from Inner Mongolia, China". Chinese Science Bulletin. 49 (8): 858. doi:10.1360/03wd0115.
^ Jia, J.; Anderson, J.S.; Gao, K-.G. (2021). "Middle Jurassic stem hynobiid from China shed light on the evolution of basal salamanders". iScience. 24 (7). Bibcode:2021iSci...24j2744J. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2021.102744. PMC 8264161. PMID 34278256.

[wang2004-1] Wang, Y. (2004). "A new Mesozoic caudate (Liaoxitriton daohugouensis sp. nov.) from Inner Mongolia, China". Chinese Science Bulletin. 49 (8): 858. doi:10.1360/03wd0115.

[jia2021-2] Jia, J.; Anderson, J.S.; Gao, K-.G. (2021). "Middle Jurassic stem hynobiid from China shed light on the evolution of basal salamanders". iScience. 24 (7). Bibcode:2021iSci...24j2744J. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2021.102744. PMC 8264161. PMID 34278256.

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