Seminobatrachus is an extinct genus of neotenic salamander from late Paleocene to early Eocene deposits of Cherkassy Region, central Ukraine. It is known from 14 skeletons from a drill hole near Boltyshka village. It was first named by Pavel P. Skutschas and Yuri M. Gubin in 2011 and the type species is Seminobatrachus boltyschkensis.[1]
| Seminobatrachus | |
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| A fossil with soft tissue impressions interpreted at right | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Genus: | †Seminobatrachus Skutschas & Gubin, 2011 |
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References
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- ^ Pavel P. Skutschas; Yuri M. Gubin (2011). "A new salamander from the late Paleocene–early Eocene of Ukraine" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 57: 135–148. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0101.
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