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Amphiumidae
Taxonomy
Amphiumidae was named by Gray (1825). It is extant.
It was assigned to Urodela by Cope (1875), Gadow (1898); to Salamandroidea by Kuhn (1946), Estes and Berberian (1970); to Amphiumoidea by Estes (1981), Carroll (1988); to Caudata by Frank and Ramus (1996), Rieppel and Grande (1998), Parmley et al. (2007); and to Urodela by Gao and Shubin (2001), Skutschas and Gubin (2012).
It was assigned to Urodela by Cope (1875), Gadow (1898); to Salamandroidea by Kuhn (1946), Estes and Berberian (1970); to Amphiumoidea by Estes (1981), Carroll (1988); to Caudata by Frank and Ramus (1996), Rieppel and Grande (1998), Parmley et al. (2007); and to Urodela by Gao and Shubin (2001), Skutschas and Gubin (2012).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1825 | Amphiumidae Gray |
| 1875 | Amphiumidae Cope p. 12 |
| 1898 | Amphiumidae Gadow p. 13 |
| 1946 | Amphiumidae Kuhn p. 53 |
| 1970 | Amphiumidae Estes and Berberian p. 4 |
| 1981 | Amphiumidae Estes |
| 1988 | Amphiumidae Carroll |
| 1996 | Amphiumidae Frank and Ramus |
| 1998 | Amphiumidae Rieppel and Grande p. 700 |
| 2001 | Amphiumidae Gao and Shubin p. 576 |
| 2007 | Amphiumidae Parmley et al. p. 76 |
| 2012 | Amphiumidae Skutschas and Gubin |
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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.
Fm. Amphiumidae Gray 1825
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G. Amphiuma Garden 1821 [amphiuma]
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†Amphiuma jepseni Estes 1969
Amphiuma means Garden 1821 [two-toed amphiuma]
Amphiuma pholeter Neill 1964 [one-toed amphiuma]
Amphiuma tridactylum Cuvier 1827 [three-toed amphiuma]
Invalid names: Amphiuma antica Holman 1977 [nomen dubium]
G. Muraenopsis Fitzinger
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available