paleonet Amphibian or arthropod?

[Dan_Chure@xxxxxxx]

Sorry for the cross posts, but this question probably requires casting a
wide net.

In the late 1940s F.v. Huene described a new genus of salamander (
Boomgardia salamandroides) from the Dogger.  He illustrates (poorly) the
part and counterpart of the skeleton in his Fig. 1.  The back half of the
specimen looks like an arthropod, with a segmented abdomen and a terminal
telson.  The front end is crushed, but Huene believed he could see skull
bones and illustrates them and gives a reconstruction of the skull in
dorsal and ventral views (!).

I have checked the systematic listings in both Romer's 1966 Vertebrate
Paleontology and Carroll's 1984 Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution.
Neither have Boomgardia listed, even as a junior synonym.

Does anyone know of any other studies on this specimen that might have
confirmed Boomgardia as an amphibian or an invertebrate?

The citation is given on the header of the paper as: Huene, F.v. 1945-1948.
Ein echter Urodele aus dem unteren Dogger.  Sonderdruck aus dem Neuen
Jahrbuch f. Mineralogie, etc. Monatshefte  Abt. B. Heft 1-4: pages 33-39.

Dan
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