Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of fossil labyrinthodont amphibians, based on a species originally called
Labyrinthodon salamandroides .
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French islands of Takaroa, Rangiroa and Raroia, calling them simply cryptobranchus salamandroides; there was also a report from H.W. Spence in which he claimed to have recognised a new order of pelagidae, native to the Gilbert Isles, which could be classified under the species name of pelagotriton spencei.
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The most remarkable of these species is the salamanderfish (Lepidogalaxias salamandroides), which is the only member of the hotspot’s single endemic family (Lepidogalaxiidae).
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