Koalliella

Koalliella
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous[1]-Paleocene,
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Salamandridae
Genus: †Koalliella
Herre, 1950
Type species
Koalliella genzeli
Herre, 1950

Koalliella is an extinct genus of prehistoric salamander.[2] It is the oldest known salamandrid.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ Macaluso, Loredana; Jansen, Olivier; Valentin, Xavier; Walter, Jules D.; Otero, Olga; Amiot, Romain; Garcia, Geraldine (8 June 2026). "New fossil evidence from the Late Cretaceous of Europe (southern France) deepens the origin of Salamandridae (Urodela) and refines the biogeography of the family". Scientific Reports. 16 (1): 16567. doi:10.1038/s41598-026-44690-3.
  2. 1 2 "†Koalliella Herre 1950". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. ↑ Venczel, Márton (2008). "A new salamandrid amphibian from the Middle Miocene of Hungary and its phylogenetic relationships". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 6 (1): 41–59. Bibcode:2008JSPal...6...41V. doi:10.1017/S1477201907002283.