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Cryptobranchoidea
Taxonomy
Cryptobranchoidea was named as a suborder.
It was reranked as the unranked clade Cryptobranchoidea by Gao and Shubin (2001) and Gao and Shubin (2003).
It was assigned to Caudata by Estes (1981); to Urodeles by Estes (1964) and Carroll (1988); to Urodela by Gao and Shubin (2001) and Gao and Shubin (2003); and to Urodela by Kuhn (1946) and Jia and Gao (2019).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Cryptobranchoidea by Gao and Shubin (2001) and Gao and Shubin (2003).
It was assigned to Caudata by Estes (1981); to Urodeles by Estes (1964) and Carroll (1988); to Urodela by Gao and Shubin (2001) and Gao and Shubin (2003); and to Urodela by Kuhn (1946) and Jia and Gao (2019).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1946 | Cryptobranchoidea Kuhn p. 53 |
1964 | Cryptobranchoidea Estes p. 62 |
1981 | Cryptobranchoidea Estes p. 13 |
1988 | Cryptobranchoidea Carroll |
2001 | Cryptobranchoidea Gao and Shubin p. 575 |
2003 | Cryptobranchoidea Gao and Shubin p. 424 |
2019 | Cryptobranchoidea Jia and Gao |
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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.
Unr. †Cryptobranchoidea
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Fm. Cryptobranchidae Cope 1889 [hellbender]
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G. Andrias Tschudi 1837 [giant salamander]
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†Andrias bohemicus Laube 1897
Andrias davidianus Blanchard 1871 [Chinese giant salamander]
Andrias japonicus Temminck 1836 [Japanese giant salamander]
†Andrias matthewi Cook 1917
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Invalid names: Cryptobranchus mccalli Tihen and Chantell 1963 [synonym]
Invalid names: Megalobatrachus Tschudi 1837 [synonym]
Subfm. †Aviturinae Gubin 1991
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G. Cryptobranchus Leuckart 1821 [hellbender]
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Cryptobranchus alleganiensis Daudin 1803 [hellbender]
†Cryptobranchus guildayi Holman 1977
†Cryptobranchus saskatchewanensis Naylor 1981
Invalid names: Plicagnathus Cook 1917 [synonym], Sieboldia Blanchard 1871 [synonym]
G. †Eoscapherpeton Nessov 1981
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†Eoscapherpeton superum Nessov 1997
Invalid names: Mynbulakia Nessov 1981 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available