Parrisia

Parrisia is an extinct genus of legless batrachosauroidid salamander from Campanian-age rocks in the Marshalltown Formation, Monmouth County, New Jersey. The type and only species is Parrisia neocesariensis, which was discovered at the Ellisdale Fossil Site in New Jersey.[1][2]

Parrisia
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 84.9–70.6 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Amphibia
Order:
Caudata
Family:
Batrachosauroididae
Genus:
Parrisia

Denton and O'Neill, 1998
Type species
Parrisia neocesariensis Denton and O'Neill, 1998

References
  1. Denton Jr., Robert K., and Robert C. O'Neill (1998). "Parrisia neocesariensis, a new batrachosauroidid salamander and other amphibians from the Campanian of eastern North America". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 18 (3): 484–494. doi:10.1080/02724634.1998.10011076. JSTOR 4523920.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. "†Parrisia Denton, Jr. and O'Neill 1998". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 6 January 2016.


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