Suborder Salamandroidea Noble 1931 (salamander)
Parent taxon: Urodeles according to R. Estes 1964
See also Carroll 1988, Estes 1981, Estes and Berberian 1970, Jia and Gao 2016 and Kuhn 1946
Sister taxa: Ambystomatoidea, Amphiumidae, Cryptobranchoidea, Hemitrypus, Hynobiidae, Iridotriton, Kiyatriton, Laccotriton, Liaoxitriton, Meantes, Menopomidae, Neocaudata, Nesovtriton, Nezpercius, Plethodontidae, Pleurodelidae, Polysemia, Proteidae, Rhyacotritonidae, Salamandra, Salamandridae, Seminobatrachus, Sinerpeton, Sirenidae, Thoriidae, Valdotriton
Subtaxa: Balveherpeton Beiyanerpeton Jeholotriton Nasopus Necturidae Pangerpeton Qinglongtriton Regalerpeton
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
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