Dicamptodon Strauch 1870 (Pacific giant salamander)
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Parent taxon: Dicamptodontidae according to K.-Q. Gao and N. H. Shubin 2001
See also Carroll 1988, Cope 1875, Estes 1981, Frank and Ramus 1996, Haubold 1971, Naylor and Fox 1993, Naylor and Krause 1981 and Skutschas and Gubin 2012
Sister taxa: Dicamptodontinae, Rhyacotritoninae
Subtaxa: Dicamptodon antiquus Dicamptodon ensatus
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: California, Oregon collections)
• Paleocene of Canada (2: Alberta)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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