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Pelodytidae (parsley frog)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelodytidae

Taxonomy
Pelodytidae was named by Cope (1866) [also attributed to Bonaparte 1850]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Arcifera by Cope (1875); to Anura by Carroll (1988); to Anura by Henrici (1994); and to Pelobatoidea by Sanchiz (1998), Gao and Wang (2001), Hoegg et al. (2004), Henrici and Haynes (2006), Henrici (2009) and Chen et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Pelodytidae Cope
1875Pelodytidae Cope p. 10
1988Pelodytidae Carroll
1994Pelodytidae Henrici
1998Pelodytidae Sanchiz
2001Pelodytidae Gao and Wang p. 470
2004Pelodytidae Hoegg et al. p. 1195
2006Pelodytidae Henrici and Haynes p. 24
2009Pelodytidae Henrici p. 280
2016Pelodytidae Chen et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
orderAnura()
superfamilyPelobatoideaLaurent 1979
familyPelodytidaeCope 1866
familyPelodytidaeCope 1866

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. Pelodytidae Cope 1866 [parsley frog]
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G. †Miopelodytes Taylor 1941
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Miopelodytes gilmorei Taylor 1941
G. Pelodytes Fitzinger 1838 [parsley frog]
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Pelodytes caucasicus Boulenger 1896 [Caucasus parsley frog]
Pelodytes punctatus Daudin 1802
G. †Tephrodytes Henrici 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available