Cryptobranchoidea

After Larson, 1996, Fu, Wang, Zeng, Liu & Zheng, 2001 and Gao & Shubin, 2003, with species from Frost, 2000-2002 [“AMNH Amphibian species of the World”]

<==o Cryptobranchoidea Dunn, 1922 (hellbenders & hynobiids; suursalamanterit)
   |--o Cryptobranchidae Fitzinger, 1826 (hellbenders; jättiläissalamanterit)
   |  |-- †Chunerpeton tianyiensis Gao & Shubin, 2003, M. Jur. EAs.
   |  |--o Cryptobranchus
   |  |  |?- †C. guildayi
   |  |  |?- †C. saskatchewanensis
   |  |  `-- C. alleghaniensis (liejupiru; hellbender)
   |  `--o Andrias [Hydrosalamandra, Megalobatrachus, Plicagnathus, Proteocordylus, Sieboldia, Tritogenius, Tritomegas, Zaissanurus] (giant salamanders; jättiläissalamanterit)
   |     |?- †A. scheuchzeri [“Homo diluvii testis”]
   |     |-- A. davidianus (Chinese giant salamander; kiinanjättiläissalamanteri)
   |     `-- A. japonicus (Japanese giant salamander; japaninjättiläissalamanteri)
   `--o Hynobiidae (kantasalamanterit)
      |?- Pachyhynobius shangchengensis [Xenopius]
      |?-o Pseudohynobius [2]
      |  |-- P. flavomaculatus
      |  `-- P. tsinpaensis
      `--+--+-- Salamandrella keyserlingii [Hynobius keyserlingii] (siperiansalamanteri)
         |  `-- Hynobius [Pachypalaminus] [25]
         `--+--+-- Ranodon sibiricus
            |  `--o Onychodactylus (kynsisalamanterit) [2]
            |     |-- O. fischeri
            |     `-- O. japonicus (japaninkynsisalamanteri)
            `--+-- Liua shihi
               `--o Batrachuperus [Paradactylodon] [7]
                  |?- B. gorganensis
                  |?- B. mustersi
                  |?- B. persicus
                  |--+-- B. londongensis
                  |  `-- “B. tibetanus” [Hongya]
                  `--+--+-- B. yenyuanensis
                     |  `--+-- B. pinchonii
                     |     `-- “B. tibetanus” [Pengxian]
                     `--+-- B. sp. [Zhouzi]
                        `--+--+-- “B. tibetanus” [Zhedoushan]
                           |  `-- B. karlschmidti [not recognized by Frost (2000-2002)]
                           `-- B. tibetanus sensu stricto

Reference(s):

Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698
Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
in Carroll, R. L. 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698.
Frost, D. R., 2000: Amphibian species of the World: An Online Reference.
–iNet: American Museum of Natural History, Department of Herpetology: http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html
Fu, J., Wang, Y., Zeng, X., Liu, Z. & Zheng, Y., 2001: Genetic diversity of eastern Batrachuperus (Caudata: Hynobiidae).
–Copeia: Vol. 101, #4, pp. 1100-1107
Gao, K.-Q. & Shubin, N. H., 2003: Earliest known crown-group salamanders.
–Nature: Vol. 422, pp. 424-428
Larson, A., 1996: Caudata - Salamanders.
–iNet: The Tree of Life Project: http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Caudata&contgroup=Living_amphibians
Larson, A., 1996: Cryptobranchidae - Hellbenders.
–iNet: The Tree of Life Project: http://tolweb.org/tree&group=Cryptobranchidae&contgroup=Caudata
Larson, A., 1996: Hynopiidae.
–iNet: The Tree of Life Project: http://tolweb.org/tree&group=Hynobiidae&contgroup=Caudata

Mikko's Phylogeny Archive

Cryptobranchoidea – hellbenders & hynobiids

After Larson, 1996, Fu, Wang, Zeng, Liu & Zheng, 2001 and Gao & Shubin, 2003, with species from Frost, 2000-2002 [“AMNH Amphibian species of the World”]

Reference(s):