3.5-Million-Year-Old Fossil from Japan Reveals Lost Lineage of Giant Salamanders

Jul 21, 2026 - 09:15
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3.5-Million-Year-Old Fossil from Japan Reveals Lost Lineage of Giant Salamanders
Life reconstruction of Limnospondylus ajimuensis. Image credit: Kanon Tanaka.

A new genus and species of cryptobranchid salamander that lived in lakes in Japan about 3.5 million years ago has been identified from three fossil vertebrae, filling a major gap in the fossil record of one of the world’s oldest amphibian lineages.

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