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Amblystoma (mole salamander)
Taxonomy
Amblystoma was named by Tschudi (1838). It is extant.
It was misspelled as Ambystoma by Holman and Sullivan (1981), Carroll (1988) and Holman et al. (1990); it was corrected as Ambystoma by Estes (1981) and Frank and Ramus (1996).
It was assigned to Amblystomidae by Cope (1875); and to Ambystomatidae by Estes and Tihen (1964), Lynch (1965), Holman (1977), Estes (1981), Holman and Sullivan (1981), Carroll (1988), Holman et al. (1990) and Frank and Ramus (1996).
It was misspelled as Ambystoma by Holman and Sullivan (1981), Carroll (1988) and Holman et al. (1990); it was corrected as Ambystoma by Estes (1981) and Frank and Ramus (1996).
It was assigned to Amblystomidae by Cope (1875); and to Ambystomatidae by Estes and Tihen (1964), Lynch (1965), Holman (1977), Estes (1981), Holman and Sullivan (1981), Carroll (1988), Holman et al. (1990) and Frank and Ramus (1996).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1838 | Amblystoma Tschudi |
| 1875 | Amblystoma Cope p. 25 |
| 1964 | Ambystoma Estes and Tihen p. 456 |
| 1965 | Ambystoma Lynch p. 73 |
| 1977 | Ambystoma Holman p. 161 |
| 1981 | Ambystoma Estes |
| 1981 | Ambystoma Holman and Sullivan p. 138 |
| 1988 | Ambystoma Carroll |
| 1990 | Ambystoma Holman et al. p. 522 |
| 1996 | Ambystoma Frank and Ramus |
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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. Amblystoma Tschudi 1838 [mole salamander]
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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
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: 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
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Collections (84 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chadronian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Ambystoma tiheni (16919) | |
| Early/Lower Hemingfordian | USA (Nebraska) | Ambystoma minshalli (17963) | |
| Barstovian | USA (South Dakota) | Ambystoma minshalli (18303 18397) | |
| Barstovian | USA (Nebraska) | Ambystoma minshalli (18102 18208 18284 18442 27481) Ambystoma priscum, Ambystoma minshalli (18141) Ambystoma priscum, Ambystoma sp., Ambystoma minshalli (27507) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (Kansas) | Ambystoma tigrinum, Ambystoma sp., Ambystoma maculatum (18450) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (Nebraska) | Ambystoma tigrinum, Ambystoma minshalli (188779) | |
| Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan | USA (Tennessee) | Ambystoma sp. (26574) | |
| Blancan | USA (Arizona) | Ambystoma tigrinum (19628) | |
| Blancan | USA (Nebraska) | Ambystoma tigrinum (19954) Ambystoma tigrinum, Ambystoma maculatum (27572) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (West Virginia) | Ambystoma jeffersonianum, Ambystoma maculatum, Ambystoma opacum (125951) Ambystoma opacum (124319) Ambystoma tigrinum, Ambystoma jeffersonianum, Ambystoma maculatum, Ambystoma opacum (123875) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Maryland) | Ambystoma tigrinum, Ambystoma maculatum, Ambystoma opacum (20302) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Kansas) | Ambystoma tigrinum (20137 20167 20332 20427 20516) Ambystoma tigrinum, Ambystoma maculatum (20352) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (South Dakota) | Ambystoma tigrinum (20389) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Texas) | Ambystoma sp. (20318) Ambystoma tigrinum (20337 20530) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Arizona) | Ambystoma tigrinum (20444 20446 20447) | |
| Middle Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (Florida) | Ambystoma tigrinum, Ambystoma sp. (75974) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (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) | |
| Rancholabrean | Mexico (Puebla) | Ambystoma sp. (230717) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Ambystoma indet. (20491) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (New Mexico) | Ambystoma tigrinum (76060) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (Texas) | Ambystoma tigrinum (76101) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Georgia) | Ambystoma tigrinum (13066) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Georgia) | Ambystoma maculatum (20604) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Ambystoma tigrinum (154805) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (New Mexico) | Ambystoma tigrinum (93139 140702) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Ambystoma sp. (82258 103991) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Kansas) | Ambystoma sp. (20605) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | Ambystoma sp. (20650) Ambystoma tigrinum (20573) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Alabama) | Ambystoma sp., Ambystoma maculotum (84181) |