Family Ambystomatidae Hallowell 1856 (mole salamander)

Amphibia - Caudata - Urodela

Alternative spellings: Amblystomidae, Ambystomidae

Parent taxon: Ambystomatoidea according to K.-Q. Gao and N. H. Shubin 2001

See also Carroll 1988, Cope 1875, Estes 1981, Frank and Ramus 1996, Haubold 1971, Holman 1977, Holman et al. 1990, Kuhn 1946 and Skutschas and Gubin 2012

Sister taxa: Dicamptodontidae, Scapherpetontidae

Subtaxa: Amblystoma Amphitriton Plioambystoma

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Distribution:

• Quaternary of Mexico (1 collection), United States (70: Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia)

• Blancan of United States (3: Arizona, Nebraska)

• Hemphillian of United States (2: Kansas, Tennessee)

• Miocene of United States (12: Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota)

• Eocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan)

Total: 89 collections including 106 occurrences

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