Fossil Cynops larvae

[TJ]

I ran across this picture of a fossil Cynops (larvae?) found in Liaoxi, in northeast China's Liaoning Province:

Source: http://tech.nen.com.cn/73471596056018944/20030401/1115795.shtml

(the site is all in Chinese)

* seems like the article is from April 7, 2003


(Message edited by TJ on November 15, 2003)

 

[samuel]

Wowee! cool, how long does it date back?
Sam

 

[TJ]

I'm still trying to figure out what the article says

I'm pretty sure I had the Chinese character for "Cynops" right when I searched that article, but it might be related to this find:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/03/0327_030327_salamanders.html

http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/030403/salamanders.shtml

http://www.uchospitals.edu/news/2003/20030326-salamanders.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1251318.stm

 

[TJ]

No, different province.

Here's another link related to the fossil finds in Liaoning Province:

Source: Dalian Museum of Natural History
http://www.dlnm.org/english/004.htm#