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Dicamptodon (Pacific giant salamander)
Taxonomy
Dicamptodon was named by Strauch (1870). It is extant.
It was assigned to Amblystomidae by Cope (1875); to Ambystomatidae by Haubold (1971); to Ambystomatoidea by Naylor and Krause (1981); to Dicamptodontinae by Estes (1981) and Naylor and Fox (1993); to Dicamptodontidae by Carroll (1988), Frank and Ramus (1996) and Gao and Shubin (2001); and to Urodela by Skutschas and Gubin (2012).
It was assigned to Amblystomidae by Cope (1875); to Ambystomatidae by Haubold (1971); to Ambystomatoidea by Naylor and Krause (1981); to Dicamptodontinae by Estes (1981) and Naylor and Fox (1993); to Dicamptodontidae by Carroll (1988), Frank and Ramus (1996) and Gao and Shubin (2001); and to Urodela by Skutschas and Gubin (2012).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1870 | Dicamptodon Strauch |
| 1875 | Dicamptodon Cope p. 26 |
| 1971 | Dicamptodon Haubold p. 25 |
| 1981 | Dicamptodon Estes |
| 1981 | Dicamptodon Naylor and Krause p. 518 |
| 1988 | Dicamptodon Carroll |
| 1993 | Dicamptodon Naylor and Fox |
| 1996 | Dicamptodon Frank and Ramus |
| 2001 | Dicamptodon Gao and Shubin p. 576 |
| 2012 | Dicamptodon Skutschas and Gubin |
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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. Dicamptodon Strauch 1870 [Pacific giant salamander]
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†Dicamptodon antiquus Naylor and Fox 1993
Dicamptodon ensatus Eschscholtz 1833 [California giant 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: Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 58.70000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Paleocene | Canada (Alberta) | Dicamptodon antiquus (24926) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | Canada (Alberta) | Dicamptodon antiquus (133214) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (California) | Dicamptodon ensatus (155393) |