Nesovtriton
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Nesovtriton is an extinct genus of cryptobranchoid
salamander
known from the Late Cretaceous
(Turonian
age) of Byssekty Formation, in Uzbekistan
. It was first named by Pavel P. Skutschas in 2009 and the type species is Nesovtriton mynbulakensis.
Cryptobranchoidea
Cryptobranchoidea is a suborder of salamanders found in the eastern United States, China, and Japan. They are known as primitive salamanders, in contrast to Salamandroidea, or advanced salamander....
salamander
Salamander
Salamander is a common name of approximately 500 species of amphibians. They are typically characterized by a superficially lizard-like appearance, with their slender bodies, short noses, and long tails. All known fossils and extinct species fall under the order Caudata, while sometimes the extant...
known from the Late Cretaceous
Late Cretaceous
The Late Cretaceous is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous period is divided in the geologic timescale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous series...
(Turonian
Turonian
The Turonian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, the second age in the Late Cretaceous epoch, or a stage in the Upper Cretaceous series. It spans the time between 93.5 ± 0.8 Ma and 89.3 ± 1 Ma...
age) of Byssekty Formation, in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
. It was first named by Pavel P. Skutschas in 2009 and the type species is Nesovtriton mynbulakensis.