| Regalerpeton Temporal range: Early Cretaceous | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Suborder: | Cryptobranchoidea |
| Genus: | †Regalerpeton Zhang et al., 2009 |
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R. weichangensis Zhang et al., 2009 (type) | |
Regalerpeton is an extinct genus of cryptobranchoid salamander known from the Early Cretaceous of Huajiying Formation, China. It was first named by Guilin Zhang, Yuan Wang, Marc E.H. Jones and Susan E. Evans in 2009 and the type species is Regalerpeton weichangensis.
References
- ^ Zhang, Guilin; Wang, Yuan; Jones, Marc E.H. & Evans, Susan E. (June 2009). "A new Early Cretaceous salamander (Regalerpeton weichangensis gen. et sp. nov.) from the Huajiying Formation of northeastern China". Cretaceous Research. 30 (3): 551–558. Bibcode:2009CrRes..30..551Z. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2008.10.004.
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| Regalerpeton | |
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