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Gymnophiona (caecilian)
Taxonomy
Gymnophiona was named by Rafinesque (1814) [spelt by Rafinesque as "Gymnophina" but emended by Müller 1831 and later authors as Gymnophiona: see Dundee 1989]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Lepospondyli by Carroll (1988); to Lissamphibia by Gauthier et al. (1989) and Meyer and Zardoya (2003); and to Lissamphibia by McGowan and Evans (1995), Gardner (2001), Zardoya and Meyer (2001), Evans and Sigogneau-Russell (2001) and Maddin et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Lepospondyli by Carroll (1988); to Lissamphibia by Gauthier et al. (1989) and Meyer and Zardoya (2003); and to Lissamphibia by McGowan and Evans (1995), Gardner (2001), Zardoya and Meyer (2001), Evans and Sigogneau-Russell (2001) and Maddin et al. (2012).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1814 | Gymnophiona Rafinesque |
| 1988 | Gymnophiona Carroll |
| 1989 | Gymnophiona Gauthier et al. p. 349 |
| 1995 | Gymnophiona McGowan and Evans |
| 2001 | Gymnophiona Evans and Sigogneau-Russell p. 260 |
| 2001 | Gymnophiona Gardner p. 334 fig. 8 |
| 2001 | Gymnophiona Zardoya and Meyer p. 7380 |
| 2003 | Gymnophiona Meyer and Zardoya |
| 2012 | Gymnophiona Maddin et al. |
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