In Depth Karaurus has been hailed as one of the earliest known true salamanders to appear. This is based upon the striking similarity of the Karaurus holotype to modern forms, and it is quite likely that Karaurus lived in a similar manner hunting for small invertebrates in the water. Further Reading - Urodelans from the … Read more
In Depth Sinerpeton is a genus of small salamander that live in China during the last stage of the Jurassic. Further Reading - Late Jurassic salamanders from northern China. - Nature 410:574-577 - K. -Q. Gao & N. H. Shubin - 2001.
In Depth Piceoerpeton was a genus of large prehistoric salamander that that lived in North America from the late Creaceous to the early Eocene. Further Reading A new cryptobranchid salamander from the Early Eocene of Wyoming. – Copeia 1967(2):346-349 – C. A. M. Meszoely – 1967. – Revision of Piceoerpeton Meszoely (Caudata: Scapherpetontidae) and description … Read more
In Depth Laccotriton was a genus of salamander that lived in China during the late Jurassic. Laccotriton does show a resemblance to the genus Sinerpeton. Further Reading - First Report of a Mesozoic Urodele from China. - Chinese Geology, v. 1, p. 247-248. - K. Q. Gao, Z, W, Cheng & X. Xu - 1998. … Read more