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Lissotriton

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Taxonomy
Lissotriton was named by Bell (1839). It is extant.

It was assigned to Salamandridae by Venczel and Stiuca (2008).

Species lacking formal opinion data
L. helveticus, L. rohrsi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Lissotriton Bell
2008Lissotriton Venczel and Stiuca p. 738 fig. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
—Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
familyUrodela()
familySalamandridaeGray 1825
genusLissotritonBell 1839

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. Lissotriton Bell 1839
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Orleanian to the top of the Holocene or 20.00000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97Germany (Hesse) L. sp. (228327)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Romania (Arad) L. sp. (135812)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Russian Federation (Adygea) L. sp. (196591)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Hungary (Heves) L. rohrsi (168177 168187 168189 168191)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Central Macedonia) L. sp. (32189)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Ravenna) L. sp. (144566)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) L. sp. (172912)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Spain L. helveticus (193557 193558)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Romania (Ilfov) L. vulgaris (230700)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Netherlands (Limburg) L. sp. (192405)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Palencia) L. helveticus (205284)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Italy (Veneto) L. vulgaris (193569)