Ichthyosaura randeckensis

Species of fossil salamander

Ichthyosaura randeckensis

Temporal range: Miocene[1]

PreꞒ

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Amphibia
Order:  | Urodela
Family:  | Salamandridae
Genus:  | Ichthyosaura
Species:  |

I. randeckensis

Binomial name
Ichthyosaura randeckensis

Schoch & Rasser, 2013

Ichthyosaura randeckensis is a fossil newt species in the family Salamandridae. It was described in 2013 from a Miocene volcanic lake deposit, the Randeck Maar Formation, in Germany. The fossil specimen is fully articulated and 3–4 centimetres (1.2–1.6 in) long. A phylogenetic analysis found the species to be the sister species of the extant alpine newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris), and the authors therefore placed it in the same genus.[1] Later analysis by other authors did not confirm this, however; they suggested I. randeckensis may not belong to Ichthyosaura.[2]

## See also

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* List of prehistoric amphibians

## References

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1. ^ a b Schoch, R.R.; Rasser, M.W. (2013). "A new salamandrid from the Miocene Randeck Maar, Germany" (PDF). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 33 (1): 58–66. Bibcode:2013JVPal..33...58S. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.716113. S2CID 73644476. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-08. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
2. ^ Beatty, B.L.; Marjanović, D.; Witzmann, F. (2015). "An Extremely Peramorphic Newt (Urodela: Salamandridae: Pleurodelini) from the Latest Oligocene of Germany, and a New Phylogenetic Analysis of Extant and Extinct Salamandrids". PLOS ONE. 10 (9): e0137068. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1037068M. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0137068. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4589347. PMID 26421432.

Taxon identifiers

Ichthyosaura randeckensis|

* Wikidata: Q92275726
* GBIF: 8949521
* Open Tree of Life: 7666980

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