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Ambystomatidae

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)37377https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=37377
Rankfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Caudata : Ambystomatidae
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-Temnospondyli
-Lissamphibia
-Batrachia
-Caudata
familyUrodela
suborderAmbystomatoidea
familyAmbystomatidaeHallowell 1856
Common Namemole salamander
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Ambystomatidaefamilybelongs to Urodelastated with evidenceCope, 1875
Ambystomatidaefamilybelongs to Ambystomoideastated with evidenceKuhn, 1946
Ambystomatidaefamilybelongs to Caudatastated without evidenceHolman, 1977
Ambystomatidaefamilybelongs to Ambystomatoideastated without evidenceEstes, 1981
Ambystomatidaefamilybelongs to AmbystomatoideaimpliedCarroll, 1988
Ambystomatidaefamilybelongs to Caudatastated without evidenceHolman et al., 1990
Ambystomatidaefamilybelongs to Ambystomatoideastated with evidenceGao and Shubin, 2001
Ambystomatidaefamilybelongs to Urodelastated without evidenceSkutschas and Gubin, 2012
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)16
Extant Size (PBDB)7 (44%)
First Recorded Appearance37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Environmentbrackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Temnospondyli)
Dietcarnivore (based on Temnospondyli)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Amblystoma
genus
listed (PBDB)Mole Salamander10337.2 Ma
Eocene
0 Ma
Extant
Amphitriton
genus
listed (PBDB)
Plioambystoma
genus
listed (PBDB)110.3 Ma
Miocene
10.3 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1856Ambystomatidae Hallowell
1875Amblystomidae Cope p. 12
1946Ambystomidae Kuhn p. 53
1977Ambystomatidae Holman p. 161
1981Ambystomatidae Estes
1988Ambystomatidae Carroll
1990Ambystomatidae Holman et al. p. 522
1996Ambystomatidae Frank and Ramus
2001Ambystomatidae Gao and Shubin p. 576
2012Ambystomatidae Skutschas and Gubin

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Cope E. D. Check-list of North American Batrachia and Reptilia; with a systematic list of the higher groups, and an essay on geographical distribution. Based on the specimens contained in the U. S. National Museum, Bulletin of the United States National Museum 1, 1-109
Kuhn O. (1946) Das System der fossilen und rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien [The system of fossil and recent amphibians and reptiles], Bericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bamberg 29, 49-67
Holman J. A. (1977) The Pleistocene (Kansan) herpetofauna of Cumberland Cave, Maryland, Annals of Carnegie Museum 46 11, 157-172
Estes R. (1981) , Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie/Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology. Part 2. Gymnophiona, Caudata. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, xv-115
Holman J. A., Bell G. L., et al (1990) A late Pleistocene herpetofauna from Bell Cave, Alabama, The Herpetological Journal 1 11, 521-529
Frank N., Ramus E. (1996) A Complete Guide to Scientific and Common Names of Reptiles and Amphibians of the World, 1-377
Gao K.-Q., Shubin N. H. (2001) Late Jurassic salamanders from northern China, Nature 410, 574-577 doi:10.1038/35069051
Skutschas P. P., Gubin Y. M. (2012) A new salamander from the late Paleocene–early Eocene of Ukraine, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57 1, 135-148
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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