Albanerpetontidae
The Albanerpetontidae (also spelled Albanerpetidae and Albanerpetonidae) are an extinct family of small amphibians, native to the Northern Hemisphere during the Mesozoic and Cenozoic. The only members of the order Allocaudata, they are thought to be allied with living amphibians belonging to Lissamphibia. Despite a superficially salamander-like bodyform, their anatomy is strongly divergent from modern amphibians in numerous aspects. The fossil record of albanerpetontids spans over 160 million years from the Middle Jurassic to the beginning of the Pleistocene, about 2.13–2 million years ago.
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Gli albanerpetontidi (Albanerpetontidae Fox and Naylor, 1982) sono una famiglia di anfibi estinti, forse imparentati con gli anfibi attuali (Lissamphibia). Vissero tra il Giurassico medio (Bathoniano, circa 167,7 milioni di anni fa) e il Pliocene superiore (Piacenziano, circa 2,6 milioni di anni fa) e i loro resti fossili si rinvengono in Laurasia e in Nordafrica.
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