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Pleurodelidae

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Taxonomy
Pleurodelidae was named by Gray (1850). It is extant.

It was assigned to Urodela by Cope (1875).

Subtaxa
Diemyctylus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Pleurodelidae Gray
1875Pleurodelidae Cope p. 11

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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()
familyPleurodelidaeGray 1850
familyPleurodelidaeGray 1850

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. Pleurodelidae Gray 1850
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G. Diemyctylus Rafinesque 1820
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available