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Rhyacotritonidae (torrent salamander)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Taxonomy
Rhyacotritonidae was named by Tihen (1958). It is extant. Its type is Rhyacotriton.

It was assigned to Caudata by Frank and Ramus (1996); and to Urodela by Gao and Shubin (2001).

Subtaxa
Rhyacotriton (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Rhyacotritonidae Tihen
1996Rhyacotritonidae Frank and Ramus
2001Rhyacotritonidae Gao and Shubin p. 576

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
—Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
familyUrodela()
familyRhyacotritonidaeTihen 1958
familyRhyacotritonidaeTihen 1958

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Rhyacotritonidae Tihen 1958 [torrent salamander]
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G. Rhyacotriton Dunn 1920 [torrent salamander]
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Rhyacotriton olympicus Gaige 1917 [Olympic torrent salamander]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available