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Cryptobranchidae (hellbender)
Taxonomy
Cryptobranchidae was named by Cope (1889). It is extant.
It was assigned to Cryptobranchoidea by Kuhn (1946), Estes (1981), Carroll (1988); to Caudata by Holman (1977), Holman et al. (1990), Frank and Ramus (1996); to Urodela by Böhme (2008); to Cryptobranchoidea by Gao and Shubin (2001), Gao and Shubin (2003), Skutschas and Gubin (2012); and to Urodela by Vasilyan and Böhme (2012).
It was assigned to Cryptobranchoidea by Kuhn (1946), Estes (1981), Carroll (1988); to Caudata by Holman (1977), Holman et al. (1990), Frank and Ramus (1996); to Urodela by Böhme (2008); to Cryptobranchoidea by Gao and Shubin (2001), Gao and Shubin (2003), Skutschas and Gubin (2012); and to Urodela by Vasilyan and Böhme (2012).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1889 | Cryptobranchidae Cope |
| 1946 | Cryptobranchiidae Kuhn p. 53 |
| 1977 | Cryptobranchidae Holman p. 159 |
| 1981 | Cryptobranchidae Estes p. 13 |
| 1988 | Cryptobranchidae Carroll |
| 1990 | Cryptobranchidae Holman et al. p. 522 |
| 1996 | Cryptobranchidae Frank and Ramus |
| 2001 | Cryptobranchidae Gao and Shubin p. 576 |
| 2003 | Cryptobranchidae Gao and Shubin p. 424 |
| 2008 | Cryptobranchidae Böhme p. 165 |
| 2012 | Cryptobranchidae Skutschas and Gubin |
| 2012 | Cryptobranchidae Vasilyan and Böhme |
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Fm. Cryptobranchidae Cope 1889 [hellbender]
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G. Andrias Tschudi 1837 [giant salamander]
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†Andrias bohemicus Laube 1897
Andrias davidianus Blanchard 1871 [Chinese giant salamander]
Andrias japonicus Temminck 1836 [Japanese giant salamander]
†Andrias matthewi Cook 1917
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Invalid names: Cryptobranchus mccalli Tihen and Chantell 1963 [synonym]
Invalid names: Megalobatrachus Tschudi 1837 [synonym]
Subfm. †Aviturinae Gubin 1991
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G. Cryptobranchus Leuckart 1821 [hellbender]
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Cryptobranchus alleganiensis Daudin 1803 [hellbender]
Cryptobranchus cumberlandicus Holman 1977
†Cryptobranchus guildayi Holman 1977
†Cryptobranchus saskatchewanensis Naylor 1981
Invalid names: Plicagnathus Cook 1917 [synonym], Sieboldia Blanchard 1871 [synonym]
G. †Eoscapherpeton Nessov 1981
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†Eoscapherpeton superum Nessov 1997
Invalid names: Mynbulakia Nessov 1981 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available