Gyrinophilus Cope 1869 (lungless salamander)

Amphibia - Caudata - Urodela

Parent taxon: Plethodontidae according to E. D. Cope 1875

See also Carroll 1988 and Estes 1981

Sister taxa: Aneides, Batrachoseps, Desmognathinae, Eurycea, Hemidactylium, Manculus, Palaeoplethodon, Plethodon, Plethodontinae, Spelerpes, Stereochilus

Subtaxa: Gyrinophilus porphyriticus

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Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (3: Georgia, Maryland, West Virginia collections)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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