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Scapherpetontidae
Taxonomy
Scapherpetonidae was named by Auffenberg and Goin (1959).
It was corrected as Scapherpetontidae by Estes (1969), Estes (1981), Naylor and Krause (1981), Carroll (1988), Sullivan (1991), Shishkin (2000), Peng et al. (2001) and Gardner (2012).
It was assigned to Cryptobranchoidea by Estes (1964); to Urodeles by Auffenberg and Goin (1959) and Estes (1965); to Ambystomatoidea by Estes (1969), Estes and Berberian (1970), Estes (1981), Naylor and Krause (1981), Carroll (1988), Sullivan (1991) and Shishkin (2000); to Caudata by Peng et al. (2001); and to Urodela by Gardner (2012).
It was corrected as Scapherpetontidae by Estes (1969), Estes (1981), Naylor and Krause (1981), Carroll (1988), Sullivan (1991), Shishkin (2000), Peng et al. (2001) and Gardner (2012).
It was assigned to Cryptobranchoidea by Estes (1964); to Urodeles by Auffenberg and Goin (1959) and Estes (1965); to Ambystomatoidea by Estes (1969), Estes and Berberian (1970), Estes (1981), Naylor and Krause (1981), Carroll (1988), Sullivan (1991) and Shishkin (2000); to Caudata by Peng et al. (2001); and to Urodela by Gardner (2012).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1959 | Scapherpetonidae Auffenberg and Goin p. 5 |
| 1964 | Scapherpetonidae Estes p. 62 |
| 1965 | Scapherpetonidae Estes p. 90 |
| 1969 | Scapherpetontidae Estes p. 232 |
| 1970 | Scapherpetonidae Estes and Berberian p. 4 |
| 1981 | Scapherpetontidae Estes |
| 1981 | Scapherpetontidae Naylor and Krause p. 508 |
| 1988 | Scapherpetontidae Carroll |
| 1991 | Scapherpetontidae Sullivan p. 296 |
| 2000 | Scapherpetontidae Shishkin p. 305 |
| 2001 | Scapherpetontidae Peng et al. p. 18 |
| 2012 | Scapherpetontidae Gardner |
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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. †Scapherpetontidae Auffenberg and Goin 1959
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G. †Piceoerpeton Meszoely 1967
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†Piceoerpeton naylori Gardner 2012
†Piceoerpeton willwoodense Meszoely 1967
G. †Scapherpeton Cope 1876
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†Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876
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Invalid names: Hedronchus sternbergii Cope 1876 [synonym], Hemitrypus jordanianus Cope 1876 [synonym], Scapherpeton excisum Cope 1876 [synonym], Scapherpeton favosum Cope 1876 [synonym], Scapherpeton laticolle Cope 1876 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available