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Galverpeton

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Amphibia

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Caudata

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Galverpeton is an extinct genus of prehistoric salamander. It lived during the Barremian-Aptian stages in the Early Cretaceous, in what is now Western Europe. The type species, Galverpeton ibericum, was described by Estes and Sanchíz in 1982. It was found in the El Castellar formation, part of the Galve fossil assemblage. The fossil is in the Institut Paleontologic Miquel Crusafont, Sabadell.

It is related to Apricosiren, Bishara, Hylaeobatrachus, Marmorerpeton, and Ramonellus.

References

Galverpeton Wikipedia