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Prosalirus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Notobatrachidae

Taxonomy
Prosalirus was named by Shubin and Jenkins (1995). It is not extant. Its type is Prosalirus bitis.

It was assigned to Prosaliridae by Shubin and Jenkins (1995); to Salientia by Sanchiz (1998); and to Notobatrachidae by Gao and Wang (2001).

Species
P. bitis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Prosalirus Shubin and Jenkins p. 49
1998Prosalirus Sanchiz
2001Prosalirus Gao and Wang p. 469

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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)
orderSalientia
familyNotobatrachidaeReig 1956
genusProsalirus

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. †Prosalirus Shubin and Jenkins 1995
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†Prosalirus bitis Shubin and Jenkins 1995
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available