''Batrachosauroides'' is an extinct

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of prehistoric

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 ten ...

known from several sites across the United States. The two identified species are ''Batrachosauroides dissimulans'' (Taylor and Hesse, 1945) and ''Batrachosauroides gotoi'' (Estes, 1969). A proposed, unidentified third species has been proposed by paleontologist James Gardner based on the discovery of a dental fossil in the Bushy Tailed Blowout area of the

Lance Formation The Lance (Creek) Formation is a division of Late Cretaceous (dating to about 69 - 66 Ma) rocks in the western United States. Named after Lance Creek, Wyoming, the microvertebrate fossils and dinosaurs represent important components of the lat ...

fossil grounds, but has not been definitively identified as a new species or as part of either of the two identified species.

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Cenozoic salamanders Fossil taxa described in 1943 Paleogene genus first appearances Neogene genus extinctions {{paleo-salamander-stub

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