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Siren lacertina (greater siren)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Taxonomy
Siren lacertina was named by Linnaeus (1766) [also attributed to Österdam 1766]. It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. intermedia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1766Siren lacertina Linnaeus
1875Siren lacertina Cope p. 24
1955Siren lacertina Goin and Auffenberg
1965Siren lacertina Lynch p. 72
1981Siren lacertina Estes

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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()
familySirenidaeGray 1825
genusSirenLinnaeus 1766
specieslacertinaLinnaeus 1766

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.

Siren lacertina Linnaeus 1766 [greater siren]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available