''Necturus krausei'' is an extinct species of
mudpuppy
''Necturus'' is a genus of aquatic salamanders in the family Proteidae. Species of the genus are native to the eastern United States and Canada. They are commonly known as waterdogs and mudpuppies. The common mudpuppy ''(N. maculosus)'' is p ...
salamander
Salamanders are a group of amphibians typically characterized by their lizard-like appearance, with slender bodies, blunt snouts, short limbs projecting at right angles to the body, and the presence of a tail in both larvae and adults. All t ...
s from the
Paleocene
The Paleocene ( ), or Palaeocene, is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 66 to 56 mya (unit), million years ago (mya). It is the first epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), ...
of
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada. It is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the ...
in
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...
.
It is known from a set of vertebrae found in the
Ravenscrag Formation
The Ravenscrag Formation is a stratigraphic unit of early Paleocene Geochronology, age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. It was named for the settlement of Ravenscrag, Saskatchewan, and was first describ ...
.
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References
Proteidae
Prehistoric salamanders
Paleogene amphibians of North America
Paleogene Canada
Fossils of Canada
Paleontology in Saskatchewan
Fossil taxa described in 1978
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