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Tylototriton (crocodile salamander)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Taxonomy
Tylototriton was named by Anderson (1871). It is extant.

It was assigned to Salamandridae by Noble (1928), Estes (1981), Carroll (1988) and Frank and Ramus (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Tylototriton Anderson
1928Tylototriton Noble p. 1
1981Tylototriton Estes
1988Tylototriton Carroll
1996Tylototriton Frank and Ramus

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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
genusTylototritonAnderson 1871

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. Tylototriton Anderson 1871 [crocodile salamander]
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Tylototriton kweichowensis Fang and Chang 1932 [Kweichow crocodile newt]
Tylototriton taliangensis Liu 1950 [Pusakang crocodile newt]
Tylototriton verrucosus Anderson 1871 [Himalayan newt]
†Tylototriton weigelti Herre 1935
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, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the MN 7 + 8 or 47.80000 to 11.10000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Tylototriton weigelti (13322)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Kazakhstan Tylototriton sp. (64355)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Tylototriton primigenius (34534)