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Valdotriton (Wealden newt)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Taxonomy
Valdotriton was named by Evans and Milner (1996). Its type is Valdotriton gracilis.

It was assigned to Neocaudata by Evans and Milner (1996); and to Urodela by Gao and Shubin (2001) and Skutschas and Gubin (2012).

Species
V. gracilis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Valdotriton Evans and Milner p. 629
2001Valdotriton Gao and Shubin p. 576
2012Valdotriton Skutschas and Gubin

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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()
genusValdotriton

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. †Valdotriton Evans and Milner 1996 [Wealden newt]
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†Valdotriton gracilis Evans and Milner 1996
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available