Parent taxon: Urodela according to K.-Q. Gao and N. H. Shubin 2001
See also Böhme 2008, Böhme 2010, Carroll 1988, Cope 1875, Estes 1981, Frank and Ramus 1996, Gadow 1898, Haubold 1971, Holman 1977, Kuhn 1946, Venczel and Stiuca 2008, Vianey-Liaud et al. 2014 and Weems and George 2001
Sister taxa: Ambystomatoidea, Amphiumidae, Cryptobranchoidea, Hemitrypus, Hynobiidae, Iridotriton, Kiyatriton, Laccotriton, Liaoxitriton, Meantes, Menopomidae, Neocaudata, Nesovtriton, Nezpercius, Plethodontidae, Pleurodelidae, Polysemia, Proteidae, Rhyacotritonidae, Salamandra, Salamandroidea, Seminobatrachus, Sinerpeton, Sirenidae, Thoriidae, Valdotriton
Subtaxa: Archaeotriton Brachycormus Carpathotriton Chelotriton Chioglossa Euproctus Ichthyosaura Koaliella Koalliella Lissotriton Megalotriton Mertensiella Notophthalmus Oligosemia Ommatotriton Palaeopleurodeles Phosphotriton Pleurodeles Procynops Salamandrina Taricha Triturus Tylototriton
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Germany (6 collections), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Italy (3), the Netherlands (1), Romania (1), Spain (4), the United Kingdom (8), United States (12: California, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia)
• Pliocene of France (1), Germany (1), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Italy (3), Poland (1), Spain (3)
• Hemphillian of United States (2: Florida, Tennessee)
• Miocene of Austria (5), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), China (1), the Czech Republic (2), France (1), Germany (10), Greece (1), Hungary (8), Italy (4), Kazakhstan (1), Moldova (1), Poland (1), Romania (4), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (5), Switzerland (1), Ukraine (1), United States (4: Delaware, South Dakota, Texas)
• Arikareean of United States (1: Montana)
• Oligocene of Belgium (2), France (3), Germany (3), United States (4: Oregon)
• Eocene to Miocene of France (1)
• Eocene of France (6), Germany (1), Portugal (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Paleocene of France (1)
• Cretaceous of France (1), Spain (1), United States (1: Wyoming), Uzbekistan (1)
Total: 131 collections including 213 occurrences