Batrachosauroididae

Extinct family of amphibians

Batrachosauroididae
Temporal range: Campanian–Miocene
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Subclass: Lissamphibia
Superorder: Batrachia
Clade: Caudata
Family: †Batrachosauroididae
Auffenberg, 1958
Synonyms

Batrachosauridae

Batrachosauroididae is an extinct family of prehistoric salamanders with holarctic distribution. They were paedomorphic and presumably aquatic. They are possibly the sister taxon of Proteidae, an extant family of aquatic salamanders.[1] They are definitively known from the Late Cretaceous to Miocene of North America and Europe. Remains from the earliest Cretaceous (Berriasian) Lulworth Formation of England have tenatively been attributed to this family.[2]

The following genera are included:[3]

See also

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References

  1. ^ Denton Jr., Robert K. & Robert C. O'Neill (1998). "Parrisia neocesariensis, a new batrachosauroidid salamander and other amphibians from the Campanian of eastern North America". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 18 (3): 484–494. doi:10.1080/02724634.1998.10011076. JSTOR 4523920.
  2. ^ S. E. Evans and G. J. McGowan. 2002. An amphibian assemblage from the Purbeck Limestone Group. Special Papers in Palaeontology 68:103-119
  3. ^ "†family Batrachosauroididae Auffenberg 1958". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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Lissamphibia
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†Albanerpetontidae?
Albanerpeton inexpectatum

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Batrachia
(salamanders + frogs
crown group)
Caudata
(salamanders
total group)
†Karauridae
†Batrachosauroididae
Urodela (salamanders crown group)
    • 115 genera
Salientia
(frogs
total group)
Anura (frogs crown group)
    • several hundred genera
Taxon identifiers
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