Chunerpeton
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chunerpeton-163-390633
title:
Chunerpeton
text:
Chunerpeton tianyiensis is an extinct species of salamander from the Late Jurassic Daohugou Beds in Ningcheng County, Nei Mongol, China. It is the only species classified under the genus Chunerpeton, which means "early creeping animal". It was a small animal measuring 18 cm in length. It was neotenic, with the retention of external gills into adulthood. In the original description it was placed in Cryptobranchidae, which contains modern giant salamanders. A redescription published in 2020 found
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Extinct genus of amphibians
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chunerpeton
date created:
2009-01-13T23:18:50Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T06:41:02Z
main entity:
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Chunerpeton-Beijing_Museum_of_Natural_History.jpg","width":1088,"height":1540}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16