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Cryptobranchidae (hellbender)
Taxonomy
Cryptobranchidae was named by Cope (1889). It is extant. Its type is Cryptobranchus.
It was assigned to Cryptobranchoidea by Estes (1981) and Carroll (1988); to Caudata by Holman (1977) and Holman et al. (1990); to Cryptobranchoidea by Gao and Shubin (2001), Gao and Shubin (2003) and Skutschas and Gubin (2012); and to Urodela by Vasilyan and Bohme (2012).
It was assigned to Cryptobranchoidea by Estes (1981) and Carroll (1988); to Caudata by Holman (1977) and Holman et al. (1990); to Cryptobranchoidea by Gao and Shubin (2001), Gao and Shubin (2003) and Skutschas and Gubin (2012); and to Urodela by Vasilyan and Bohme (2012).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1889 | Cryptobranchidae Cope |
| 1977 | Cryptobranchidae Holman p. 159 |
| 1981 | Cryptobranchidae Estes p. 13 |
| 1988 | Cryptobranchidae Carroll |
| 1990 | Cryptobranchidae Holman et al. p. 522 |
| 2001 | Cryptobranchidae Gao and Shubin p. 576 |
| 2003 | Cryptobranchidae Gao and Shubin p. 424 |
| 2012 | Cryptobranchidae Skutschas and Gubin |
| 2012 | Cryptobranchidae Vasilyan and Bohme |
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