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Prosirenoidea

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Prosirenoidea was named by Estes (1981).

It was assigned to Caudata by Estes (1981); and to Urodeles by Carroll (1988), Barbera and Macuglia (1991).

Subtaxa
Prosirenidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Prosirenoidea Estes p. 18
1988Prosirenoidea Carroll
1991Prosirenoidea Barbera and Macuglia p. 421

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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)
suborderProsirenoidea
suborderProsirenoidea

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.

Subor. †Prosirenoidea Estes 1981
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Fm. †Prosirenidae Estes 1969
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G. †Prosiren Goin and Auffenberg 1958
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†Prosiren elinorae Goin and Auffenberg 1958
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available