†suborder Meantes Linnaeus 1766 (salamander)
Parent taxon: Urodeles according to R. Estes 1964
See also Estes and Berberian 1970
Sister taxa: Ambystomatoidea, Amphiumidae, Cryptobranchoidea, Hemitrypus, Hynobiidae, Iridotriton, Kiyatriton, Laccotriton, Liaoxitriton, Menopomidae, Neocaudata, Nesovtriton, Nezpercius, Plethodontidae, Pleurodelidae, Polysemia, Proteidae, Rhyacotritonidae, Salamandra, Salamandridae, Salamandroidea, Seminobatrachus, Sinerpeton, Sirenidae, Thoriidae, Valdotriton
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Meantes in the database