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Amphiuma means (two-toed amphiuma)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Taxonomy
Amphiuma means was named by Garden (1821) [in Smith]. It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Amphiuma means Garden
1875Amphiuma means Cope p. 25
1981Amphiuma means Estes
1998Amphiuma means Rieppel and Grande p. 700
2003Amphiuma means Gardner

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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()
familyAmphiumidaeGray 1825
genusAmphiumaGarden 1821
speciesmeansGarden 1821

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.

Amphiuma means Garden 1821 [two-toed amphiuma]
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