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Proteida

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Proteoidea was named as a suborder.

It was reranked as the order Proteida by Cope (1875); it was misspelled as Proteidea by Naylor (1978), Naylor (1979), Estes (1981) and Carroll (1988); it was corrected as Proteida by Shishkin (2000).

It was assigned to Batrachia by Cope (1875); to Urodeles by Carroll (1988); and to Caudata by Naylor (1978), Naylor (1979), Estes (1981) and Shishkin (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Proteida Cope p. 12
1978Proteidea Naylor p. 566
1979Proteida Naylor p. 19
1981Proteoidea Estes
1988Proteoidea Carroll
2000Proteida Shishkin p. 306

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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)
orderProteida
orderProteida

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.

Or. †Proteida
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Fm. †Batrachosauroididae Auffenberg 1958
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G. †Batrachosauroides Taylor and Hesse 1943
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Batrachosauroides dissimulans Taylor and Hesse 1943
G. †Opisthotriton Auffenberg 1961
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Opisthotriton gidleyi Sullivan 1991
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961
G. †Palaeoproteus Herre 1935
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Palaeoproteus gallicus Estes et al. 1967
Palaeoproteus klatti Herre 1935
G. †Parrisia Denton, Jr. and O'Neill 1998
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Parrisia neocesariensis Denton, Jr. and O'Neill 1998
G. †Peratosauroides Naylor 1981
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G. †Prodesmodon Estes 1964
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Prodesmodon copei Estes 1964
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Invalid names: Cuttysarkus mcnallyi Estes 1964 [synonym]
Invalid names: Cuttysarkus Estes 1964 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available