Andrias scheuchzeri
| Andrias scheuchzeri Temporal range: Late Oligocene to Late Pliocene, | |
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| Holotype, TSMNH 8432, at Teylers Museum, Scheuchzer's Homo diluvii testis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Cryptobranchidae |
| Genus: | Andrias |
| Species: | †A. scheuchzeri |
| Binomial name | |
| †Andrias scheuchzeri Tschudi, 1837 | |
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Andrias scheuchzeri is an extinct species of giant salamander belonging to the genus Andrias, which also contains the closely related living Asian giant salamanders. It is known from Oligocene to Pliocene aged deposits primarily from Central Europe, but possibly as far east as Western Siberia and eastern Kazakhstan.
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