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Rhyacotriton (torrent salamander)
Taxonomy
Rhyacotriton was named by Dunn (1920). It is extant. It is the type genus of Rhyacotritonidae.
It was assigned to Rhyacotritoninae by Estes (1981); to Ambystomatoidea by Naylor and Krause (1981); to Rhyacotritonidae by Gao and Shubin (2001); and to Urodela by Skutschas and Gubin (2012).
It was assigned to Rhyacotritoninae by Estes (1981); to Ambystomatoidea by Naylor and Krause (1981); to Rhyacotritonidae by Gao and Shubin (2001); and to Urodela by Skutschas and Gubin (2012).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1920 | Rhyacotriton Dunn |
| 1981 | Rhyacotriton Estes |
| 1981 | Rhyacotriton Naylor and Krause p. 518 |
| 2001 | Rhyacotriton Gao and Shubin p. 576 |
| 2012 | Rhyacotriton Skutschas and Gubin |
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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. Rhyacotriton Dunn 1920 [torrent salamander]
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Rhyacotriton olympicus Gaige 1917 [Olympic torrent salamander]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available