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Taxonomy from Wang & Rose 2005. Revised diagnosis from Wang & Rose 2005, p. 524: "Mesozoic salamander showing combination of larval and adult features indicating neoteny or incomplete metamorphosis. Larval features include: external gills; toothbearing coronoid; larval-shaped pterygoid; short maxillary arcade with underdeveloped maxilla. Adult features include: extensive medial contact of nasals; posteriorly directed, dentigerous vomerine bar in the palate. Differing from other Mesozoic salamanders in the following combination of character states: 15–16 presacrals; vertebrae with short transverse processes; ribs unicapitate and proximally expanded; anterior process of pterygoid directed anteromedially towards vomer, rather than anterolaterally towards posterior end of maxilla; vomer with large tooth patch anteriorly and longitudinal dentigerous bar posteriorly; nasals large with no anterior notch; frontal with no anterolateral extension; alary process of premaxilla about two-fifths width of premaxilla; phalangeal formulae of 2-2-3-2 and 2-2-3-3-2 for manus and pes, respectively." Line drawing from Wang & Rose 2005, p. 528: Identified by oilshale. References: Wang, Y. (2000) A new salamander (Amphibia: Caudata) from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 38:100-103. Wang, Y. and Rose, Ch. (2005) JEHOLOTRITON PARADOXUS (AMPHIBIA: CAUDATA) FROM THE LOWER CRETACEOUSOF SOUTHEASTERN INNER MONGOLIA, CHINA. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(3):523–532, September 2005. Carroll, R. & Zheng, A. (2012) A neotenic salamander, Jeholotriton paradoxus, from the Daohugou Beds in Inner Mongolia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 164(3) · March 2012. Ke-Qin Gao, Jianye Chen, and Jia Jia (2013) Taxonomic diversity, stratigraphic range, and exceptional preservation of Juro-Cretaceous salamanders from northern China. Can. J. Earth Sci., Vol. 50, 2013 pp. 255-276. Donge LiPing, HUANG DiYing & WANG Yuan (2012): Two Jurassic salamanders with stomach contents from Inner Mongolia, China. Chinese Science Bulletin January 2012 Vol.57 No.1: 72-76.
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