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Sirenidae (siren)
Taxonomy
Sirenidae was named by Gray (1825). It is extant.
It was assigned to Trachystomata by Cope (1875); to Meantes by Estes (1964) and Estes and Berberian (1970); to Salamandroidea by Kuhn (1946), Estes (1981), Carroll (1988) and Sullivan (1991); to Caudata by Evans et al. (1996); to Caudata by Frank and Ramus (1996); to Urodela by Gadow (1898) and Gardner (2003); and to Urodela by Gao and Shubin (2001) and Skutschas and Gubin (2012).
It was assigned to Trachystomata by Cope (1875); to Meantes by Estes (1964) and Estes and Berberian (1970); to Salamandroidea by Kuhn (1946), Estes (1981), Carroll (1988) and Sullivan (1991); to Caudata by Evans et al. (1996); to Caudata by Frank and Ramus (1996); to Urodela by Gadow (1898) and Gardner (2003); and to Urodela by Gao and Shubin (2001) and Skutschas and Gubin (2012).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1825 | Sirenidae Gray |
| 1875 | Sirenidae Cope p. 12 |
| 1898 | Sirenidae Gadow p. 14 |
| 1946 | Sirenidae Kuhn p. 53 |
| 1964 | Sirenidae Estes p. 69 |
| 1970 | Sirenidae Estes and Berberian p. 4 |
| 1981 | Sirenidae Estes |
| 1988 | Sirenidae Carroll |
| 1991 | Sirenidae Sullivan p. 296 |
| 1996 | Sirenidae Evans et al. p. 79 |
| 1996 | Sirenidae Frank and Ramus |
| 2001 | Sirenidae Gao and Shubin p. 575 |
| 2003 | Sirenidae Gardner |
| 2012 | Sirenidae 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.
Fm. Sirenidae Gray 1825 [siren]
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G. †Adelphesiren Goin and Auffenberg 1958
G. †Habrosaurus Gilmore 1928
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†Habrosaurus dilatus Gilmore 1928
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Invalid names: Adelphesiren olivae Goin and Auffenberg 1958 [synonym]
†Habrosaurus prodilatus Gardner 2003
G. †Kababisha Evans et al. 1996
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†Kababisha humarensis Evans et al. 1996
†Kababisha sudanensis Evans et al. 1996
G. Pseudobranchus Gray 1825 [dwarf siren]
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†Pseudobranchus robustus Goin and Auffenberg 1955 [dwarf siren]
Pseudobranchus striatus Le Conte 1824 [Northern dwarf siren]
†Pseudobranchus vetustus Goin and Auffenberg 1955 [dwarf siren]
G. Siren Linnaeus 1766 [siren]
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†Siren dunni Goin and Auffenberg 1957
†Siren hesterna Goin and Auffenberg 1955 [siren]
Siren lacertina Linnaeus 1766 [greater siren]
†Siren miotexana Holman 1977
†Siren simpsoni Goin and Auffenberg 1955 [Simpson's siren]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available