This mentioned taxonomy is an attempt to make an conclusive assignment from the different classifications of various scientists. Because the taxonomy may change due to the latest investigative methods and other findings, our map is a guide only.
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Scopoli, 1777
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Caudata
German
Schwanzlurche
Lebenszeitraum in Million Jahren (Ma)
Start age: 251 Ma - End age: 0 Ma
0
0.0117
1.806
5.332
13.65
23.03
37
55.8
65.5
85.8
99.6
130
144.5
161.2
171.6
189.6
203.6
237
251
Start age: 306.95 Ma - End age: 251 Ma
251.1
265.8
275.6
299
311.7
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P. P. Skutschas, 2009 - Re-evaluation of Mynbulakia Nesov, 1981 (Lissamphibia: Caudata) and description of a new salamander genus from the Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (29), 659-664 (journal article, English)
G. Zhang, 2009 - A new Early Cretaceous salamander (Regalerpeton weichangensis gen. et sp. nov.) from the Huajiying Formation of northeastern China - Cretaceous Research (30), 551-558 (journal article, English)
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M. Matsui, 2008 - Reduced genetic variation in the Japanese giant salamander, Andrias japonicus (Amphibia: Caudata) - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (49), 318-326 (journal article, English)
D. Parmley, 2007 - Amphiuma (Caudata: Amphiumidae) from the Pleistocene Clark Quarry local fauna of coastal Georgia - Georgia Journal of Science (65), 76-81 (journal article, English)
Y. Wang, 2006 - A new short-bodied salamander from the Upper Jurassic/Lower Cretaceous of China - Acta Palaeontologica Polonica (51), 127-130 (journal article, English)
J.-C. Rage, 2006 - The lower vertebrates from the Eocene and Oligocene of the Phosphorites du Quercy (France): an overview - Strata (1), 161-173 (journal article, English)
Y. Wang, 2005 - Jeholotriton paradoxus (Amphibia: Caudata) from the Lower Cretaceous of southeastern Inner Mongolia, China - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (25), 523-532 (journal article, English)
H. Haubold, 2005 - Interpretation of the tetrapod footprints from the early Pennsylvanian of Alabama - Alabama Paleontological Society Monograph (1), 75-111 (book/book chapter, English)
S. E. Evans, 2005 - A Late Jurassic salamander (Amphibia: Caudata) from the Morrison Formation of North America - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (143), 599-616 (journal article, English)
Y. Wang, 2004 - A new Mesozoic caudate (Liaoxitriton daohugouensis sp. nov.) from Inner Mongolia, China - Chinese Science Bulletin (49), 858-860 (journal article, English)
J. D. Gardner, 2003 - New albanerpetontid amphibians from the Early Cretaceous of Morocco and Middle Jurassic of England - Acta Palaeontologica Polonica (48), 301-319 (journal article, English)
J. D. Gardner, 2003 - Revision of Habrosaurus Gilmore (Caudata; Sirenidae) and relationships among sirenid salamanders - Palaeontology (46), 1089-1122 (journal article, English)
J. D. Gardner, 2003 - The fossil salamander Proamphiuma cretacea Estes (Caudata; Amphiumidae) and relationships within the Amphiumidae - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (23), 769-782 (journal article, English)
M. Ruta, 2003 - Early tetrapod relationships revisited - Biological Reviews (78), 251-345 (journal article, English)
S. E. Evans, 2002 - An amphibian assemblage from the Purbeck Limestone Group - Special Papers in Palaeontology (68), 103-119 (journal article, English)
A. O. Averianov, 2002 - A new crown-group salamander from the Early Cretaceous of western Siberia - Russian Journal of Herpetology (9), 209-214 (journal article, English)
K.-Q. Gao, 2001 - Late Jurassic salamanders from northern China - Nature (410), 574-577 (journal article, English)
R. W. Blob, 2001 - A new fossil frog from the Upper Cretaceous Judith River Formation of Montana - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (21), 190-194 (journal article, English)
R. E. Weems, 2001 - Amphibians and nonmarine turtles from the Miocene Calvert Formation of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia (USA) - Journal of Paleontology (87), 570-588 (journal article, English)
J. D. Gardner, 2001 - Monophyly and affinities of albanerpetontid amphibians (Temnospondyli; Lissamphibia) - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (131), 309-352 (journal article, English)
M. A. Shishkin, 2000 - Mesozoic amphibians from Mongolia and the Central Asiatic republics - The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia (), 297-308 (book chapter, English)
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T. Mors, 2000 - Die erst Wirbeltierfauna aus der miozanen Braunkohle der Niederrheinischen Bucht (Ville-Schichten, Tagebau Hambach) [The first vertebrate fauna from the Miocene Ville Series of the Lower Rhine Embayment (Hambach open cast mine, western Germany)] - Paläontologische Zeitschrift (74), 145-170 (journal article, German)
M. Venczel, 1999 - Land salamanders of the family Hynobiidae from the Neogene and Quaternary of Europe - Amphibia-Reptilia (20), 401-412 (journal article, English)
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O. Rieppel, 1998 - A well-preserved fossil amphiumid (Lissamphibia: Caudata) from the Eocene Green River Formation of Wyoming - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (18), 700-708 (journal article, English)
Z. Dong, 1998 - A new urodele (Liaoxitriton zhongjiani gen. et sp. nov.) from the Early Cretaceous of western Liaoning Province, China - Vertebrata PalAsiatica (36), 159-172 (journal article, Chinese)
R. K. Denton, Jr., 1998 - Parrisia neocesariensis, a new batrachosauroidid salamander and other amphibians from the Campanian of eastern North America - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (18), 484-494 (journal article, English)
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S. E. Evans, 1996 - Sirenid salamanders and a gymnophionan amphibian from the Cretaceous of the Sudan - Palaeontology (39), 77-95 (journal article, English)
N. Frank, 1996 - A Complete Guide to Scientific and Common Names of Reptiles and Amphibians of the World - (), 1-377 (book, English)
S. E. Evans, 1996 - A metamorphosed salamander from the Early Cretaceous of Las Hoyas, Spain - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B (351), 627-646 (journal article, English)
B. G. Naylor, 1993 - A new ambystomatid salamander, Dicamptodon antiquus n.sp., from the Paleocene of Alberta, Canada - Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences (30), 814-818 (journal article, English)
J. -C. Rage, 1993 - Enigmatic Caudata (Amphibia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Gondwana - Géobios (26), 515-519 (journal article, English)
R. M. Sullivan, 1991 - Paleocene Caudata and Squamata from Gidley and Silberling quarries, Montana - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (11), 293-301 (journal article, English)
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C. Barbera, 1988 - Revisione dei tetrapodi del Cretacico Inferiore di Pietraroia (Matese Orientale, Benevento) appartenenti alla collezione Costa del Museo di Paleontologia dell'Università di Napoli [Revision of the tetrapods from the Lower Cretaceous of Pietraroia (Eastern - Memorie della Società Geologica Italiana (41), 567-574 (journal article, Italian)
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R. Estes, 1982 - Early Cretaceous lower vertebrates from Galve (Teruel), Spain - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (2), - (journal article, English)
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B. G. Naylor, 1981 - Cryptobranchid salamanders from the Paleocene and Miocene of Saskatchewan - Copeia (1981), 76-86 (journal article, English)
B. G. Naylor, 1981 - Piceoerpeton, a giant early Tertiary salamander from western North America - Journal of Paleontology (55), 507-523 (journal article, English)
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B. G. Naylor, 1981 - A new salamander of the family Batrachosauroididae from the late Miocene of North America, with notes on other batrachosauroidids - PaleoBios (), 1-14 (journal article, English)
B. G. Naylor, 1979 - The Cretaceous salamander Prodesmodon (Amphibia: Caudata) - Herpetologica (35), 11-20 (journal article, English)
M. F. Ivakhnenko, 1978 - Tailed amphibians from the Triassic and Jurassic of Middle Asia - Paleontological Journal (1978), 84-89 (journal article, English)
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B. Hinderstein, 1977 - The Miocene salamander Batrachosauroides dissimulans (Amphibia, Urodela) from East Texas - Journal of Herpetology (11), 369-372 (journal article, English)
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R. Estes, 1969 - Prosirenidae, a new family of fossil salamanders - Nature (224), 87-88 (journal article, English)
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C. A. M. Meszoely, 1967 - A new cryptobranchid salamander from the Early Eocene of Wyoming - Copeia (1967), 346-349 (journal article, English)
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J. D. Lynch, 1965 - The Pleistocene amphibians of Pit II, Arredondo, Florida - Copeia (1965), 72-77 (journal article, English)
R. Estes, 1965 - A new fossil salamander from Montana and Wyoming - Copeia (1965), 90-95 (journal article, English)
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