Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Salamandra

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Taxonomy
Salamandra was named by Laurenti (1768). It is extant.

It was assigned to Salamandridae by Estes (1981), Carroll (1988), Frank and Ramus (1996), Böhme (2010); and to Urodela by Skutschas and Gubin (2012).

Species
S. goussardiana, S. lanzai, S. mimula, S. opaca, S. salamandra, S. sansaniensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
S. salmandra
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1768Salamandra Laurenti
1981Salamandra Estes
1988Salamandra Carroll
1996Salamandra Frank and Ramus
2010Salamandra Böhme p. 10
2012Salamandra Skutschas and Gubin

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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()
genusSalamandraLaurenti 1768

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. Salamandra Laurenti 1768
show all | hide all
†Salamandra goussardiana Lartet 1851
Salamandra lanzai Nascetti et al. 1988 [Lanzas fire salamander]
†Salamandra mimula Brunner 1957
Salamandra opaca Gravenhorst 1807
Salamandra salamandra Linnaeus 1758 [Fire salamander]
†Salamandra sansaniensis Lartet 1851
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, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 59.24000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0France (Champagne-Ardenne) S. sp. (87925)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France S. sp. (182667)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Gard) S. sp. (59129)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) S. sansaniensis (12840)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Belgium S. sp. (31748 183666)
MP 2233.9 - 27.3France (Midi-Pyrenées) S. sp. (167537)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France S. sansaniensis (60281)
MN 123.04 - 22.4Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) S. sansaniensis (69617)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Türkiye (Ankara) S. sp. (64378)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.98Germany (Hesse) S. sp. (228327)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) S. sansaniensis (34615 134954)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Württemberg) S. sansaniensis (48325)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany S. sp. (46955)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Austria S. sansaniensis (51002)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Slovakia (Bratislava) S. sansaniensis (58983)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Austria S. sansaniensis (175587)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Hungary (Heves) S. salamandra (168191)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Central Macedonia) S. sp. (32189)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117France (Midi-Pyrenees) S. sp. (35076)
Ruscinian - Villafranchian5.09 - 1.8Hungary (Barany) S. sp. (35354)
MN 163.55 - 2.245Italy (Piedmont) S. sp. (49360)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Germany (Thüringen) S. salmandra (45067)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Spain (Burgos) S. salamandra (241995)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Belgium (Namur) S. salamandra (206229)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117France (Loiret) S. sp. (195224)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Hautes Pyrenees) S. sp. (195241)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Midi-Pyrenees) S. sp. (195222 195223)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) S. salamandra (35472)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Palencia) S. salamandra (205284)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Limousin Region) S. sp. (195221)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Vizcaya) S. salamandra (125319)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Arrasate) S. salamandra (191758)