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Pseudobranchus (dwarf siren)

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Taxonomy
Pseudobranchus was named by Gray (1825). It is extant.

It was assigned to Sirenidae by Cope (1875), Goin and Auffenberg (1955), Lynch (1965), Estes (1981), Carroll (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Pseudobranchus Gray
1875Pseudobranchus Cope p. 24
1955Pseudobranchus Goin and Auffenberg
1965Pseudobranchus Lynch p. 72
1981Pseudobranchus Estes
1988Pseudobranchus Carroll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
familyUrodela()
familySirenidaeGray 1825
genusPseudobranchusGray 1825

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. 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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available