Chelotriton is an extinct genus of prehistoric salamanders that lived in Europe and Central Asia during the Neogene.[1] It closely resembles the extant genera Tylototriton and Echinotriton.[3]

Chelotriton
Temporal range: Neogene, 23.03–2.588 Ma[1]
Chelotriton paradoxus fossil at Museo di Storia Naturale, Milano
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain:Eukaryota
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Amphibia
Order:Urodela
Family:Salamandridae
Genus:Chelotriton
Pomel, 1853[1]
Species

Chelotriton paradoxus Pomel, 1853
Chelotriton robustus Westphal, 1980[2]

Chelotriton fossil at Museo di Storia Naturale, Milano

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