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LACCOTRITON
(lac-coe-try-ton)
Named By: K. Q. Gao, Z, W, Cheng & X. Xu in 1998
Time Period: Unavailable
Location: China, Hebei Province - Zhangjiakou Formation
Size: About 10 centimetres long
Diet: Insectivore
Fossil(s): Partial skull and skeleton, articulated and on a slab
Classification: | Chordata | Amphibia | Caudata |
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Laccotriton is an extinct genus of prehistoric salamanders which lived in Eastern Asia during the Late Jurassic. A nearly complete skeleton of L. subsolanus was found at Hebei, China.

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