Archaeotriton

{{Short description|Extinct genus of amphibians}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = Chattian, ~{{fossil_range|19.5}}

| taxon = Archaeotriton

| authority = von Meyer, 1859{{cite web|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=37394|title=The Paleobiology Database|access-date=13 January 2010}}

| type_species = †Archaeotriton basalticus

| type_species_authority = Meyer, 1859{{cite web|url=https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id285980/|title=BioLib - Archaeotriton|access-date=19 March 2010}}

}}

Archaeotriton is an extinct genus of prehistoric salamanders. The only identified species in the genus is A. basalticus, which lived during the Oligocene in Central Europe.{{cite journal|last=Böhme|first=M.|title=Revision of the cyprinids from the Early Oligocene of the České Středohoří Mountains, and the phylogenetic relations- hips of Protothymallus Laube 1901 (Teleostei, Cyprinidae, Gobioninae).|journal=Historia Naturalis|volume=63|issue=2–4|pages=175–194|issn=0036-5343|url=http://www.wahre-staerke.com/~madelaine/boehme_2007a.pdf}}