Palaeoproteus

Extinct genus of amphibians

Palaeoproteus Temporal range: Paleogene, 58.7–40.4 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Family:	†Batrachosauroididae
Genus:	†Palaeoproteus Herre [de], 1935
Species
Palaeoproteus gallicus Estes et al., 1967 Palaeoproteus klatti Herre 1935

Palaeoproteus is an extinct genus of prehistoric salamanders erected by Wolf Herre [de] in 1935.^[1] They have patchy stratigraphic occurrence which is due to their narrow climatic and environmental spaces.^[2]

References

^ "†Palaeoproteus Herre 1935". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
^ Vasilyan, Davit; Yanenko, Vadym (17 February 2020). "The last Palaeoproteus (Urodela: Batrachosauroididae) of Europe". Scientific Reports. 10: 1–12. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-59255-1. PMC 7026125.

Lissamphibia

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Osteichthyes
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Clade: Tetrapoda

Tetrapodomorpha

- see Tetrapodomorpha

Batrachomorpha / Temnospondyli

- see Temnospondyli

Dissorophoidea

see Dissorophoidea
Lissamphibia	see below↓

Lissamphibia

†Albanerpetontidae?	Albanerpeton Anoualerpeton Celtedens Shirerpeton Wesserpeton Yaksha

Gymnophionomorpha (caecilians total group)

Gymnophiona (caecilians crown group)

Rhinatrematidae (American tailed caecilians)	Amazops Epicrionops Rhinatrema

Stegokrotaphia

Ichthyophiidae (Asian tailed caecilians)	Ichthyophis Uraeotyphlus

Teresomata

Scolecomorphidae (buried-eyed caecilians)	Crotaphatrema Scolecomorphus
Chikilidae (Northeast Indian caecilians)	Chikila
Herpelidae (African caecilians)	Boulengerula Herpele
Typhlonectidae (aquatic caecilians)	Atretochoana Chthonerpeton Nectocaecilia Potamotyphlus Typhlonectes †Ymboirana
Caeciliidae (common caecilians)	†Apodops Caecilia Oscaecilia
Grandisoniidae (Indo-African caecilians)	Gegeneophis Grandisonia Hypogeophis Idiocranium Indotyphlus Praslinia Sylvacaecilia
Dermophiidae (Neotropical caecilians)	Dermophis Geotrypetes Gymnopis Schistometopum
Siphonopidae (South American caecilians)	Brasilotyphlus Luetkenotyphlus Microcaecilia Mimosiphonops Siphonops

Batrachia
(salamanders + frogs
crown group)

Caudata
(salamanders
total group)

†Egoria †Kulgeriherpeton †Triassurus †Urupia
†Karauridae	Karaurus Kokartus Kuzbassia Marmorerpeton
†Batrachosauroididae	Batrachosauroides Opisthotriton Palaeoproteus Parrisia Peratosauroides Prodesmodon
Urodela (salamanders crown group)	115 genera