†order Proteida (salamander)

Amphibia - Proteida

Alternative spellings: Proteidea, Proteoidea

Parent taxon: Caudata according to M. A. Shishkin 2000

See also Carroll 1988, Cope 1875, Estes 1981, Naylor 1978 and Naylor 1979

Sister taxa: Amphiumoidea, Apricosiren, Batrachosauroididae, Bishara, Comonecturoides, Comonecturoides marshi, Egoria, Galverpeton, Heteroclitotriton, Hylaeobatrachus, Karauridae, Karauroidea, Kulgeriherpeton, Marmorerpeton, Noterpetontidae, Pancryptobrancha, Plethodontoidea, Prosirenoidea, Ramonellus, Triassuridae, Urodela, Urupia

Subtaxa: Batrachosauroididae

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Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Ukraine (1 collection), United States (7: California, Delaware, Florida, Louisiana, Texas)

• Oligocene of United States (1: Wyoming)

• Eocene of Germany (1), United States (1: North Dakota)

• Paleocene of Canada (5: Alberta, Saskatchewan), France (3), United States (19: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)

• Cretaceous of Canada (62: Alberta, Saskatchewan), France (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (65: Colorado, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 169 collections including 199 occurrences

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