Parent taxon: Urodela according to P. P. Skutschas and Y. M. Gubin 2012
See also Böhme 2010, Carroll 1988, Estes 1981 and Frank and Ramus 1996
Sister taxa: Ambystomatoidea, Amphiumidae, Cryptobranchoidea, Hemitrypus, Hynobiidae, Iridotriton, Kiyatriton, Laccotriton, Liaoxitriton, Meantes, Menopomidae, Neocaudata, Nesovtriton, Nezpercius, Plethodontidae, Pleurodelidae, Polysemia, Proteidae, Rhyacotritonidae, Salamandridae, Salamandroidea, Seminobatrachus, Sinerpeton, Sirenidae, Thoriidae, Valdotriton
Subtaxa: Salamandra goussardiana Salamandra lanzai Salamandra mimula Salamandra opaca Salamandra salamandra Salamandra sansaniensis
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), France (5), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Spain (3)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of France (1)
• Pliocene of Hungary (1), Italy (1)
• Miocene of Austria (2), Germany (6), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Slovakia (1), Turkey (1)
• Oligocene of Belgium (2), France (2)
• Eocene of France (3)
• Paleocene of France (1)
Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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