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Rhyacotritonidae (torrent salamander)
Taxonomy
Rhyacotritonidae was named by Tihen (1958). It is extant. Its type is Rhyacotriton.
It was assigned to Caudata by Frank and Ramus (1996); and to Urodela by Gao and Shubin (2001).
It was assigned to Caudata by Frank and Ramus (1996); and to Urodela by Gao and Shubin (2001).
Subtaxa
Rhyacotriton (type genus)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1958 | Rhyacotritonidae Tihen |
| 1996 | Rhyacotritonidae Frank and Ramus |
| 2001 | Rhyacotritonidae Gao and Shubin p. 576 |
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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.
Fm. Rhyacotritonidae Tihen 1958 [torrent salamander]
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G. Rhyacotriton Dunn 1920 [torrent salamander]
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Rhyacotriton olympicus Gaige 1917 [Olympic torrent salamander]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available