Lissamphibia

From Palaeos

<==Lissamphibia [Amphibia, Procera]
   |--Albanerpetontidae
   |    |--Albanerpeton inexpectatum Estes & Hoffstetter 1976
   |    `--Celtedens ibericus McGowan & Evans 1995
   |--to be named in a manuscript that will be submitted soon
   |    |--Eocaecilia micropodia Jenkins & Walsh 1993
   |    `--Gymnophiona
   |         |--Oscaecilia bassleri
   |         `--Ichthyophis glutinosus
   `--Batrachia
        |--Caudata
        `--Salientia
             |--Triadobatrachus massinoti (Piveteau 1936)
             `--+--Prosalirus bitis
                `--Anura

* Type species of genus indicated

[edit] Description

The clade Lissamphibia, a crown-group, contains the "modern-day" amphibians, including frogs, toads, salamanders, and caecilians, as well as possibly the albanerpetontids.

[edit] References

Carroll, R. 2001. Chinese salamanders tell tales. Nature 410: 534-536.

Gayet, M., L. G. Marshall, T. Sempere, F. J. Meunier, H. Cappetta & J-C. Rage. 2001. Middle Maastrichtian vertebrates (fishes, amphibians, dinosaurs and other reptiles, mammals) from Pajcha Pata (Bolivia). Biostratigraphic, palaeoecologic and palaeobiostratigraphic implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 169: 39-68.

Miller, S. A., & J. P. Harley. 1996. Zoology (3rd ed.) Wm. C. Brown Publishers: Dubuque (Iowa).

Ruta, M., M. I. Coates & D. L. J. Quicke. 2003. Early tetrapod relationships revisited. Biological Reviews 78: 251-345.

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