Abstract A new salamandroid salamander, Balveherpeton hoennetalensis gen. et sp. nov., from the Lower Cretaceous (Barremian– Aptian) Balve locality in the Sauerland, Germany, is described on the basis of fragmentary atlases, trunk and caudal vertebrae. Balveherpeton hoennetalensis gen. et sp. nov. is characterized by the following combination of vertebral characters: prominent intercotylar tubercle; flat anterior cotylar surfaces on atlas; dorsoventrally compressed anterior cotyles of atlas; anterior cotylar surfaces on atlas continuous across lateral and ventral surfaces of intercotylar tubercle; deeply amphicoelous trunk vertebrae; low neural arch with low neural crest on trunk vertebra; bifurcate posterior part of the neural spine on trunk vertebrae; elongate depression on the posterior surface of the neural arch of trunk vertebrae; anterior basapophyses on trunk vertebrae; and posterior basapophyses on some trunk vertebrae. The phylogenetic position Balveherpeton hoennetalensis gen. et sp. nov. within the Salamandroidea is uncertain, but similarities in the structure of atlases and trunk vertebrae of Balveherpeton hoennetalensis gen. et sp. nov. and Wealden salamanders (e.g. “Keymer salamander”) could indicate a close relationship and provide additional evidence that the Early Cretaceous vertebrate faunas of Western Europe had similar compositions.

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德国下白垩统第一只蝾螈

摘要 一种新的蝾螈蝾螈Balveherpeton hoennetalensis gen。等 sp. 11 月，来自德国 Sauerland 的下白垩纪（Barremian-Aptian）Balve 地区，根据碎片图谱、躯干和尾椎骨进行了描述。Balveherpeton hoennetalensis gen。等 sp. 十一月 具有以下椎体特征组合的特点：突出的轴间结节；寰椎前侧轴面平坦；背腹压缩的寰椎前子叶；寰椎前子叶表面连续穿过子叶间结节的侧表面和腹侧表面；深两性的躯干椎骨；低神经弓，躯干椎骨上神经嵴低；在躯干椎骨上分叉神经棘的后部；躯干椎神经弓后表面的细长凹陷；躯干椎骨上的前基底突；和一些躯干椎骨上的后基底突。Balveherpeton hoennetalensis gen 的系统发育位置。等 sp. 十一月 在 Salamandroidea 中尚不确定，但 Balveherpeton hoennetalensis gen 的图谱和躯干椎骨的结构相似。等 sp. 十一月 和 Wealden 蝾螈（例如“Keymer 蝾螈”）可以表明一种密切的关系，并提供额外的证据证明西欧早白垩世脊椎动物群具有相似的成分。