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466:, in 1811. After hacking away gently at the fossil, he uncovered the foremost limbs and the specimen was recognized as a giant salamander. The difference in color of the stone shows what Scheuchzer saw and what Cuvier later could see.
522:, including strongly curved dentaries, the pars facialis of the skull having a rough inner surface with ridges and depressions, and a number of characters relating to the arrangement and shape of the teeth.
737:"Habitat tracking, range dynamics and palaeoclimatic significance of Eurasian giant salamanders (Cryptobranchidae) — indications for elevated Central Asian humidity during Cenozoic global warm periods"
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Deluge. The fossil was about 1 m (3 ft) long, lacked its tail and hind legs, and could thus be interpreted as showing some resemblance to the remains of a violently trampled human child.
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thought it was a lizard (Lacerta); at that time, scholars and the scientific community generally did not differentiate between reptiles and amphibians. In 1802
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in Europe, which are indeterminate to species, are known from the
Northern Caucasus of Russia, dating to the latest Pliocene.
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of the Czech
Republic, the Late Miocene of Austria, and the Middle or Late Miocene of Hungary. Some reports have claimed that
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of gigantic dimensions and of an unknown species". He proceeded to examine the fossil in
Haarlem, by then a part of the
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inhabited ponds, lakes and rivers, unlike modern Asian giant salamanders, which prefer clear, nutrient poor (
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Georges Cuvier (1809), "Sur quelques quadrupèdes ovipares fossiles conserves dans des schistes calcaires",
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696:"Giant salamander from the Miocene of the Mecsek mountains (Pécs-Danitzpuszta, southwestern Hungary)"
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L. Touret & A. van der Werf (1984), "De betrekkingen van
Georges Cuvier met Teylers Museum.",
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Syromyatnikova, Elena V.; Titov, Vadim V.; Tesakov, Alexey S.; Skutschas, Pavel P. (2024-01-29).
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published an article in which he claimed the fossil was "nothing but a salamander, or rather a
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764:"A "preglacial" giant salamander from Europe: new record from the Late Pliocene of Caucasus"
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on the border between China and
Kazakhstan. Among the youngest and easternmost remains of
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Jakob von
Tschudi, (1837), "Über den Homo diluvii testis, Andrias Scheuchzeri",
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Neues
Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde
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Seven years later, the fossil again came under scrutiny when the famous
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Wim de Jong (1988), "De zondvloedmens. Een mens werd salamander. Over
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Böhme, Madelaine; Vasilyan, Davit; Winklhofer, Michael (July 2012).
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Szentesi, Zoltán; Sebe, Krisztina; Szabó, Márton (2020-06-01).
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Amphibians: The World of Frogs, Toads, Salamanders and Newts
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Cradle of Life: The
Discovery of Earth's Earliest Fossils
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Aquagenesis: The Origin and
Evolution of Life in the Sea
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In 1758, the first to doubt his theory in print was
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443:from Scheuchzer's grandson in
354:, but possibly as far east as
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944:Fossil taxa described in 1831
599:The fictional descendants of
423:, who thought it was a giant
350:aged deposits primarily from
954:Pliocene species extinctions
749:10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.04.032
16:Extinct species of amphibian
929:Paleogene animals of Europe
817:(Toronto: Key Porter Books)
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652:Annales du Muséum naturelle
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827:J. William Schopf (2001),
813:Robert Hofrichter (2000),
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469:The specimen was renamed
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489:Johann Jakob von Tschudi
820:J. Alan Holman (2006),
665:Teylers Museum Magazijn
639:Teylers Museum Magazijn
435:bought this fossil for
384:Johann Jakob Scheuchzer
336:belonging to the genus
806:Richard Ellis (2001),
768:Comptes Rendus Palevol
591:) rivers and streams.
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380:Lithographia Helvetica
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29:Temporal range: Late
939:Cenozoic salamanders
407:Man, witness of the
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601:Andrias scheuchzeri
585:Andrias scheuchzeri
552:Andrias scheuchzeri
427:(Siluris). In 1787
399:Homo diluvii testis
374:Specimen in Germany
325:Andrias scheuchzeri
251:Andrias scheuchzeri
230:A. scheuchzeri
131:Homo diluvii testis
25:Andrias scheuchzeri
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810:(London: Penguin).
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918:Categories
595:In fiction
544:Piacenzian
538:) to Late
472:Salamandra
449:Louis d'or
360:Kazakhstan
306:Salamandra
298:Scheuchzer
790:1777-571X
722:1867-6812
532:Oligocene
393:found in
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223:Species:
161:Kingdom:
155:Eukaryota
31:Oligocene
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540:Pliocene
536:Chattian
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267:Synonyms
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185:Amphibia
175:Chordata
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33:to Late
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548:Miocene
517:Andrias
493:Andrias
485:Andrias
460:proteus
441:Haarlem
425:catfish
388:Miocene
366:History
339:Andrias
330:extinct
258:Tschudi
248:†
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216:Andrias
211:Genus:
195:Urodela
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