Triassurus
Triassurus is an extinct genus of amphibian, and the oldest member of Caudata (salamanders and close relalatives). It is known from the Middle to Upper Triassic (Ladinian-Carnian) aged Madygen Formation in Kyrgyzstan. The type species is T. sixtelae.
| Triassurus Temporal range: Late Triassic, ~ | |
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| Sketch of the holotype | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Clade: | Caudata |
| Family: | †Triassuridae Ivakhnenko, 1978 |
| Genus: | †Triassurus Ivakhnenko, 1978 |
| Species: | †T. sixtelae |
| Binomial name | |
| †Triassurus sixtelae Ivakhnenko, 1978 | |
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