†unranked clade Cryptobranchoidea (salamander)
Osteichthyes - Caudata - Urodela
PaleoDB taxon number: 137500
Parent taxon: Urodela according to K.-Q. Gao and N. H. Shubin 2001
Sister taxa: Ambystomatoidea, Amphiumidae, Cocytinidae, Hemitrypus, Hynobiidae, Iridotriton, Kiyatriton, Laccotriton, Liaoxitriton, Meantes, Menopomidae, Neocaudata, Nesovtriton, Nezpercius, Plethodontidae, Pleurodelidae, Proteidae, Rhyacotritonidae, Salamandra, Salamandridae, Salamandroidea, Seminobatrachus, Sinerpeton, Sirenidae, Thoriidae, Valdotriton
Subtaxa: Chunerpeton, Cryptobranchidae, Linglongtriton, Nuominerpeton
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