Suborder Plethodontoidea (salamander)
Parent taxon: Caudata according to R. Estes 1981
See also Carroll 1988
Sister taxa: Amphiumoidea, Apricosiren, Batrachosauroididae, Bishara, Comonecturoides, Comonecturoides marshi, Egoria, Galverpeton, Heteroclitotriton, Hylaeobatrachus, Karauridae, Karauroidea, Kulgeriherpeton, Marmorerpeton, Noterpetontidae, Pancryptobrancha, Prosirenoidea, Ramonellus, Triassuridae, Urodela, Urupia
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Plethodontoidea in the database