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Andrias (giant salamander)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Taxonomy
Andrias was named by Tschudi (1837). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cryptobranchus by Naylor (1981).

It was assigned to Cryptobranchidae by Estes and Tihen (1964), Estes (1981), Carroll (1988), Matsui et al. (2008) and Böhme (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Andrias Tschudi
1837Megalobatrachus Tschudi
1964Andrias Estes and Tihen p. 456
1981Andrias Estes p. 14
1988Andrias Carroll
2008Andrias Böhme p. 165
2008Andrias Matsui et al. p. 322

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
—Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
familyUrodela()
—Cryptobranchoidea
familyCryptobranchidaeCope 1889
genusAndriasTschudi 1837

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. Andrias Tschudi 1837 [giant salamander]
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†Andrias bohemicus Laube 1897
Andrias davidianus Blanchard 1871 [Chinese giant salamander]
Andrias japonicus Temminck 1836 [Japanese giant salamander]
†Andrias matthewi Cook 1917
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Invalid names: Cryptobranchus mccalli Tihen and Chantell 1963 [synonym]
†Andrias scheuchzeri Tschudi 1837
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Invalid names: Andrias tschudi von Meyer 1859 [synonym]
Invalid names: Megalobatrachus Tschudi 1837 [synonym]
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: Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MP 30 to the top of the Piacenzian or 28.40000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westfalia) Andrias scheuchzeri (84606)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (Bavaria) Andrias scheuchzeri (84364)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany Andrias scheuchzeri (70332 70337 70338)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Andrias scheuchzeri (49102 69098)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Czech Republic (Ústí nad Labem) Andrias bohemicus (185325)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Andrias matthewi (17923 27418)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Colorado) Andrias matthewi (17965)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Plicagnathus matthewi (17969)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5Canada (Saskatchewan) Cryptobranchus matthewi (75873)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Cryptobranchus mccalli (18284)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany Andrias scheuchzeri (46955)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Hungary (Pecs Megyei Varos) Andrias scheuchzeri (59664)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Germany (Bavaria) Andrias scheuchzeri (206345)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Ukraine (Khmel'nitsk'yi) Andrias scheuchzeri (48446)
Pannonian11.608 - 7.246Hungary Andrias scheuchzeri (237418)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Andrias sp. (199747)