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Chrysotriton

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Taxonomy
Chrysotriton was named by Estes (1981). Its type is Chrysotriton tiheni.

It was assigned to Dicamptodontinae by Estes (1981); and to Dicamptodontidae by Carroll (1988).

Species
C. tiheni (type species)
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Carrano on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Chrysotriton Estes p. 46
1988Chrysotriton Carroll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
—Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
familyUrodela()
suborderAmbystomatoidea
familyDicamptodontidaeTihen 1958
subfamilyDicamptodontinaeTihen 1958
genusChrysotriton

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.

G. †Chrysotriton Estes 1981
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†Chrysotriton tiheni Estes 1981
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available