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.[1][2]

Parrisia
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 84.9–70.6 Ma
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

References

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  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.