Cryptobranchoidea
The Cryptobranchoidea are a suborder of salamanders found in the United States, China, Taiwan, and Japan. They are known as primitive salamanders, in contrast to Salamandroidea, or advanced salamanders.[2]
| Cryptobranchoidea | |
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| Cryptobranchus alleganiensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Suborder: | Cryptobranchoidea Dunn, 1922 |
| Subgroups | |
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Some species of the fully aquatic family Cryptobranchidae are known as giant salamanders due to their large size.
Description
This suborder contains only two families at present. Other families became extinct in the past and are only known as fossils.
- Cryptobranchidae
- Hynobiidae
References
- Anderson, J. S. (2012). "Fossils, molecules, divergence times, and the origin of Salamandroidea". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109 (15): 5557–5558. Bibcode:2012PNAS..109.5557A. doi:10.1073/pnas.1202491109. PMC 3326514. PMID 22460794.
- Heying, Heather. "ADW:Family Cryptobranchidae: giant salamanders and hellbenders".
Caudate families by suborder | ||
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| Cryptobranchoidea |  | |
| Salamandroidea | ||
| Sirenoidea | ||
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