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Gyrinophilus

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Taxonomy
Gyrinophilus was named by Cope (1869). It is extant.

It was assigned to Plethodontinae by Estes (1981); and to Plethodontidae by Cope (1875), Carroll (1988), Eshelman et al. (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Gyrinophilus Cope
1875Gyrinophilus Cope p. 28
1981Gyrinophilus Estes
1988Gyrinophilus Carroll
2025Gyrinophilus Eshelman et al. p. 77

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
familyUrodela()
familyPlethodontidaeGray 1850
genusGyrinophilusCope 1869

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. Gyrinophilus Cope 1869
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available