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Salamandridae

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	37393	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=37393

Rank

family (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Caudata : Salamandridae

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Temnospondyli
-	Lissamphibia
-	Batrachia
-	Caudata
family	Urodela
family	Salamandridae	Gray 1825

Common Name

newt

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Salamandridae	family	belongs to Urodela	stated with evidence	Cope, 1875
Salamandridae	family	belongs to Salamandroidea	stated with evidence	Kuhn, 1946
Salamandridae	family	belongs to Caudata	stated without evidence	Holman, 1977
Salamandridae	family	belongs to Salamandroidea	stated without evidence	Estes, 1981
Salamandridae	family	belongs to Salamandroidea	implied	Carroll, 1988
Salamandridae	family	belongs to Caudata	stated without evidence	Frank and Ramus, 1996
Salamandridae	family	belongs to Salamandroidea	stated without evidence	Weems and George, 2001
Salamandridae	family	belongs to Urodela	stated with evidence	Gao and Shubin, 2001
Salamandridae	family	belongs to Caudata	implied	Venczel and Stiuca, 2008
Salamandridae	family	belongs to Urodela	implied	Böhme, 2008
Salamandridae	family	belongs to Caudata	implied	Böhme, 2010

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

24 (36%)

First Recorded Appearance

93.5 - 89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

brackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Temnospondyli)

Diet

carnivore (based on Temnospondyli)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Archaeotriton ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Brachycormus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	28.4 Ma Oligocene	28.4 Ma Oligocene
Carpathotriton ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	12.7 Ma Miocene	12.7 Ma Miocene
Chelotriton ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		29	28.4 Ma Oligocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Chioglossa genus	listed (PBDB)		2	28.4 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Euproctus genus	listed (PBDB)	European Brook Salamander			0 Ma Extant
Koaliella ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Koalliella ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	59.2 Ma Paleocene	59.2 Ma Paleocene
Lissotriton genus	listed (PBDB)		12	12.7 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Megalotriton ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		6	56.0 Ma Paleocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Mertensiella genus	listed (PBDB)	Caucasian Salamander	3	20.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Notophthalmus genus	listed (PBDB)		13	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Oligosemia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	11.1 Ma Miocene	11.1 Ma Miocene
Palaeopleurodeles ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Phosphotriton ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Pleurodeles genus	listed (PBDB)		1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	0 Ma Extant
Procynops ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Salamandrina genus	listed (PBDB)	Spectacled Salamander	3	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Taricha genus	listed (PBDB)	Roughskin Newts	7	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Triturus genus	listed (PBDB)		73	55.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Tylototriton genus	listed (PBDB)	Crocodile Salamander	3	47.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1825	Salamandridae Gray
1875	Salamandridae Cope p. 11
1898	Salamandridae Gadow p. 13
1946	Salamandridae Kuhn p. 53
1977	Salamandridae Holman p. 162
1981	Salamandridae Estes
1988	Salamandridae Carroll

Year	Name and Author
1996	Salamandridae Frank and Ramus
2001	Salamandridae Gao and Shubin p. 576
2001	Salamandridae Weems and George p. 572
2008	Salamandridae Böhme p. 165
2008	Salamandridae Venczel and Stiuca p. 733
2010	Salamandridae Böhme p. 10
2014	Salamandridae Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 568

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

Gadow H. , A Classification of Vertebrata Recent and Extinct, xvii-82

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

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

Weems R. E., George R. A. (2001) Amphibians and nonmarine turtles from the Miocene Calvert Formation of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia (USA), Journal of Paleontology 87 4, 570-588 doi:10.1666/12-071

Böhme M. (2008) Ectothermic vertebrates (Teleostei, Allocaudata, Urodela, Anura, Testudines, Choristodera, Crocodylia, Squamata) from the Upper Oligocene of Oberleichtersbach (Northern Bavaria, Germany), Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 260, 161-183

Venczel M., Stiuca E. (2008) Late middle Miocene amphibians and squamate reptiles from Taut, Romania, Geodiversitas 30 4, 731-763

Böhme M. (2010) Ectothermic vertebrates (Actinopterygii, Allocaudata, Urodela, Anura, Crocodylia, Squamata) from the Miocene of Sandelzhausen (Germany, Bavaria) and their implications for environment reconstruction and palaeoclimate, Paläontologische Zeitschrift 84 1, 3-41 doi:10.1007/s12542-010-0050-4

Vianey-Liaud M., Comte B., et al (2014) A new early late Oligocene (MP 26) continental vertebrate fauna from Saint-Privat-des-Vieux (Alès Basin, Gard, Southern France), Geodiversitas 36 4, 565-622 doi:10.5252/g2014n4a4

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