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Extinct genus of amphibians

Parrisia
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 84.9–70.6 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Family: Batrachosauroididae
Genus: Parrisia
Denton and O'Neill, 1998
Type species
Parrisia neocesariensis
Denton and O'Neill, 1998

Parrisia is an extinct genus of batrachosauroidid salamander from Campanian-age rocks in the Marshalltown Formation, Monmouth County, New Jersey. The type and only species is Parrisia neocesariensis, which was discovered at the Ellisdale Fossil Site in New Jersey.

References

  1. Denton, Robert K. Jr; Robert C. O'Neill (1998). "Parrisia neocesariensis, a new batrachosauroidid salamander and other amphibians from the Campanian of eastern North America". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 18 (3): 484–494. Bibcode:1998JVPal..18..484D. doi:10.1080/02724634.1998.10011076. JSTOR 4523920.
  2. "†Parrisia Denton, Jr. and O'Neill 1998". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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Ichthyophiidae (Asian tailed caecilians)
Teresomata
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Grandisoniidae (Indo-African caecilians)
Dermophiidae (Neotropical caecilians)
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Batrachia
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crown group)
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Batrachosauroididae
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total group)
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Taxon identifiers
Parrisia


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