Mother Nature Network: The oldest salamander species rubbed elbows with Jurassic dinosaurs.
A 157-million-year-old salamander fossil discovered a few years ago in China is the oldest of its kind and places this ancient species as living with Jurassic dinosaurs. It is thought that salamanders diverged from other amphibians somewhere around 200 million years ago. Who knows what future fossil discoveries may reveal!
The Mexican salamander or axolotl stays forever young.
Unlike other salamander species, the unique...