World's oldest salamander found in Siberia

[Eldorado]

"Scientists have discovered the world's oldest salamander, a 167-million-year-old specimen found in Siberia.

"Four fossilized backbones of the ancient salamander were unearthed, including the atlas at the top of the spine that allows the head to nod. The fossils were found at an animal graveyard called Berezovsky quarry, where other prehistoric creatures, including dinosaurs, reptiles, fish and mammals have been found.

"Known as Egoria Malashichev, the 8-inch salamander likely swam with other sea creatures such as massive sharks, giant sea lizards and enormous scorpions, researchers said."

Full article at Fox News:  https://www.foxnews.com/science/worlds-oldest-salamander-discovered-siberia

And at the UK Metro: https://metro.co.uk/2020/02/19/worlds-oldest-salamander-species-discovered-ancient-siberian-animal-graveyard-12268461/

"A new small-sized stem salamander from the Middle Jurassic of Western Siberia, Russia"

At PLOS: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0228610