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Plethodontoidea (disused)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Plethodontoidea is a suborder. It is extant.

It was assigned to Caudata by Estes (1981); and to Urodeles by Carroll (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Plethodontoidea Estes
1988Plethodontoidea Carroll

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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)
Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
suborderPlethodontoidea
suborderPlethodontoidea

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available