†suborder Prosirenoidea Estes 1981 (salamander)

Amphibia - Caudata

Full reference: R. Estes. 1981. Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie/Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology. Part 2. Gymnophiona, Caudata. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart xv-115

Parent taxon: Caudata according to R. Estes 1981

See also Barbera and Macuglia 1991 and Carroll 1988

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

Subtaxa: Prosirenidae

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Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Kazakhstan (1 collection), Spain (1), United States (6: Texas)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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