Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Ambystomatidae (mole salamander)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Ambystomatidae Hallowell
1875Amblystomidae Cope p. 12
1946Ambystomidae Kuhn p. 53
1971Ambystomatidae Haubold p. 25
1977Ambystomatidae Holman p. 161
1981Ambystomatidae Estes
1988Ambystomatidae Carroll
1990Ambystomatidae Holman et al. p. 522
1996Ambystomatidae Frank and Ramus
2001Ambystomatidae Gao and Shubin p. 576
2012Ambystomatidae Skutschas and Gubin

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
—Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
familyUrodela()
suborderAmbystomatoidea
familyAmbystomatidaeHallowell 1856
familyAmbystomatidaeHallowell 1856

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. Ambystomatidae Hallowell 1856 [mole salamander]
show all | hide all
G. Amblystoma Tschudi 1838 [mole salamander]
hide
Amblystoma maculatum Shaw 1802 [Spotted salamander]
†Amblystoma minshalli Tihen and Chantell 1963
Ambystoma gracile Baird 1859 [Northwestern salamander]
†Ambystoma hibbardi Tihen 1955
†Ambystoma kansense Adams and Martin 1929
Ambystoma mexicanum Shaw 1789 [axolotl]
†Ambystoma minshalli Tihen and Chantell 1963
Ambystoma opacum Gravenhorst 1807 [Marbled salamander]
Ambystoma texanum Matthes 1855 [Small-mouth salamander]
Ambystoma tigrinum Green 1825 [tiger salamander]
†Ambystoma tiheni Holman 1968
G. †Amphitriton Rogers 1976
hide
†Amphitriton brevis Rogers 1976
G. †Plioambystoma Adams and Martin 1929
hide
†Plioambystoma kansensis Adams and Martin 1929
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 37.20000 to 0.01200 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (86 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) Ambystoma tiheni (16919)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Ambystoma minshalli (17963)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (South Dakota) Ambystoma minshalli (18303 18397)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Ambystoma minshalli (18102 18208 18284 18442 27481) Ambystoma priscum, Ambystoma minshalli (18141) Ambystoma priscum, Ambystoma sp., Ambystoma minshalli (27507)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Ambystoma tigrinum, Ambystoma minshalli (188779)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Kansas) Ambystoma tigrinum, Ambystoma sp., Ambystoma maculatum (18450)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Kansas) Plioambystoma kansensis (18140)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan10.3 - 1.8USA (Tennessee) Ambystoma sp. (26574)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Arizona) Ambystoma tigrinum (19628)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nebraska) Ambystoma tigrinum (19954) Ambystoma tigrinum, Ambystoma maculatum (27572)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Ambystoma jeffersonianum, Ambystoma maculatum, Ambystoma opacum (125951) Ambystoma opacum (124319) Ambystoma tigrinum, Ambystoma jeffersonianum, Ambystoma maculatum, Ambystoma opacum (123875)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Ambystoma tigrinum (20137 20167 20332 20427 20516) Ambystoma tigrinum, Ambystoma maculatum (20352)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Arizona) Ambystoma tigrinum (20444 20446 20447)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) Ambystoma sp. (20318) Ambystoma tigrinum (20337 20530)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Maryland) Ambystoma tigrinum, Ambystoma maculatum, Ambystoma opacum (20302)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (South Dakota) Ambystoma tigrinum (20389)
Middle Pleistocene (glacial)0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Ambystoma tigrinum, Ambystoma sp. (75974)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Colorado) Ambystoma tigrinum (20355 20356 20357 20358 20359 20362 20363 20367 20368 20369 20370 27632 27637 27639 27666 27667 27669 27672 27673 27677 27680 27681 27683 27687 27689 27691 27692 27693 27694 27697 27699) Ambystoma tigrinum, Ambystoma sp. (20360 20361 27682)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Ambystoma indet. (20491)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012Mexico (Puebla) Ambystoma sp. (230717)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Ambystoma tigrinum (13066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Ambystoma sp., Ambystoma maculotum (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Ambystoma tigrinum (76101)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Ambystoma tigrinum (76060)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Ambystoma maculatum (20604)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Ambystoma sp. (82258 103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Arizona) Ambystomatidae indet. (63381)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Ambystoma sp. (20650) Ambystoma tigrinum (20573)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Ambystoma tigrinum (93139 140702)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Kansas) Ambystoma sp. (20605)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Ambystoma tigrinum (154805)