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Opisthotriton
Taxonomy
Opisthotriton was named by Auffenberg (1961).
It was assigned to Salamandridae by Auffenberg (1961); to Desmognathinae by Estes (1964); to Batrachosauridae by Peng et al. (2001); and to Batrachosauroididae by Estes (1969), Estes and Berberian (1970), Estes (1976), Naylor (1979), Estes (1981), Carroll (1988), Bryant (1989), Sullivan (1991), DeMar (2013).
It was assigned to Salamandridae by Auffenberg (1961); to Desmognathinae by Estes (1964); to Batrachosauridae by Peng et al. (2001); and to Batrachosauroididae by Estes (1969), Estes and Berberian (1970), Estes (1976), Naylor (1979), Estes (1981), Carroll (1988), Bryant (1989), Sullivan (1991), DeMar (2013).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1961 | Opisthotriton Auffenberg p. 458 |
| 1964 | Opisthotriton Estes p. 81 |
| 1969 | Opisthotriton Estes p. 231 |
| 1970 | Opisthotriton Estes and Berberian p. 4 |
| 1976 | Opisthotriton Estes p. 505 |
| 1979 | Opisthotriton Naylor p. 19 |
| 1981 | Opisthotriton Estes |
| 1988 | Opisthotriton Carroll |
| 1989 | Opisthotriton Bryant p. 31 |
| 1991 | Opisthotriton Sullivan p. 294 |
| 2001 | Opisthotriton Peng et al. p. 19 |
| 2013 | Opisthotriton DeMar, Jr. |
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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. †Opisthotriton Auffenberg 1961
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†Opisthotriton gidleyi Sullivan 1991
†Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available