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Prodesmodon
Taxonomy
Prodesmodon was named by Estes (1964).
It was assigned to Desmognathinae by Estes (1964); to Prosirenidae by Estes (1969), Estes and Berberian (1970); and to Batrachosauroididae by Naylor (1979), Estes (1981), Carroll (1988), Bryant (1989), DeMar (2013).
It was assigned to Desmognathinae by Estes (1964); to Prosirenidae by Estes (1969), Estes and Berberian (1970); and to Batrachosauroididae by Naylor (1979), Estes (1981), Carroll (1988), Bryant (1989), DeMar (2013).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1964 | Prodesmodon Estes p. 88 |
| 1964 | Cuttysarkus Estes pp. 139-140 fig. 68 |
| 1965 | Cuttysarkus Estes |
| 1969 | Prodesmodon Estes p. 88 |
| 1970 | Prodesmodon Estes and Berberian p. 4 |
| 1970 | Cuttysarkus Estes and Berberian p. 5 |
| 1979 | Prodesmodon Naylor p. 19 |
| 1981 | Prodesmodon Estes |
| 1988 | Prodesmodon Carroll |
| 1989 | Prodesmodon Bryant p. 32 |
| 2013 | Prodesmodon DeMar, Jr. |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available