Phosphotriton, Tissier & Rage & Boistel & Fernandez & Pollet & Garcia & Laurin, 2016

Tissier, Jérémy, Rage, Jean-Claude, Boistel, Renaud, Fernandez, Vincent, Pollet, Nicolas, Garcia, Géraldine & Laurin, Michel, 2016, Synchrotron analysis of a ‘ mummified’ salamander (Vertebrata: Caudata) from the Eocene of Quercy, France, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) 177 (1), pp. 147-164 : 150

PHOSPHOTRITON GEN. NOV.

Etymology

Greek ϕωσϕο´ρος, phosphorus, in reference to the nature of the sediment; triton, a frequent suffix in the genus names of salamanders.

Diagnosis

As for the type species and only known species.