Diet of Jurassic salamanders revealed

Adam Khor

Two Chinese Jurassic salamanders- Jeholotriton and Chunerpeton- were studied and found to have stomach contents preserved; Jeholotriton seemingly fed on a crustacean known as Euestheria luanpingensis, particularly juveniles, whereas Chunerpeton prefered insects, particularly true bugs (Hemiptera) of the Yanliacorixa genus. This means that, although the two salamanders lived together, they didn´t compete for food; a third salamander species, Liaoxitriton, was land-dwelling, so it didn´t compete with the others either.
No data though as to what Liaoxitriton was eating.



Speaking of which- there is no harm in studying the last meal of fossil salamanders, but I'm really pissed at the retarded scientist who recently murdered 50 tiger sharks just to look at their stomach contents. Why is that any less terrible than murdering whales "for research"? :mad: