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Archaeotriton

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Taxonomy
Archaeotriton was named by von Meyer (1860). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Salamandridae by Estes (1981), Carroll (1988).

Species
A. basalticus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Archaeotriton von Meyer
1981Archaeotriton Estes
1988Archaeotriton 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)
familyUrodela()
familySalamandridaeGray 1825
genusArchaeotritonvon Meyer 1860

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. †Archaeotriton von Meyer 1860
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available