Family Dicamptodontidae Tihen 1958 (giant salamander)
Parent taxon: Ambystomatoidea according to K.-Q. Gao and N. H. Shubin 2001
Sister taxa: Ambystomatidae, Scapherpetontidae
Subtaxa: Ambystomichnus, Bargmannia, Dicamptodon, Dicamptodontinae, Geyeriella, Wolterstorffiella
Type: Dicamptodon
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