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Salientia (frog-like amphibian)
Taxonomy
Salientia was named by Laurenti (1768). It is extant.
It was reranked as the superorder Salientia by Hecht (1960), Dundee (1989), Gao and Wang (2001) and Gao and Chen (2004); it was reranked as the order Salientia by Gardner (2001) and Anderson et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Lissamphibia by Gao and Wang (2001); to Batrachia by McGowan and Evans (1995), Gardner (2001) and Anderson et al. (2008); and to Amphibia by Hecht (1960), Estes (1964), Dundee (1989), Evans and Borsuk-Bialynicka (1998), Gao and Chen (2004) and Evans and Borsuk−Białynicka (2009).
It was reranked as the superorder Salientia by Hecht (1960), Dundee (1989), Gao and Wang (2001) and Gao and Chen (2004); it was reranked as the order Salientia by Gardner (2001) and Anderson et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Lissamphibia by Gao and Wang (2001); to Batrachia by McGowan and Evans (1995), Gardner (2001) and Anderson et al. (2008); and to Amphibia by Hecht (1960), Estes (1964), Dundee (1989), Evans and Borsuk-Bialynicka (1998), Gao and Chen (2004) and Evans and Borsuk−Białynicka (2009).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1768 | Salientia Laurenti p. 24 |
| 1956 | Notobatrachidae Reig p. 373 |
| 1960 | Salientia Hecht p. 2 |
| 1964 | Salientia Estes p. 54 |
| 1989 | Salientia Dundee p. 404 |
| 1995 | Salientia McGowan and Evans |
| 1995 | Prosaliridae Shubin and Jenkins p. 49 |
| 1998 | Salientia Evans and Borsuk-Bialynicka p. 574 |
| 2001 | Salientia Gao and Wang p. 461 |
| 2001 | Notobatrachidae Gao and Wang p. 469 |
| 2001 | Salientia Gardner p. 334 fig. 8 |
| 2004 | Salientia Gao and Chen p. 762 |
| 2008 | Salientia Anderson et al. p. 517 |
| 2009 | Salientia Evans and Borsuk−Białynicka p. 81 |
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