Hemitrypus Cope 1876 (salamander)

Amphibia - Caudata - Urodela

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1876. On some extinct reptiles and Batrachia from the Judith River and Fox Hills Beds of Montana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 28:340-359

Parent taxon: Urodeles according to W. Auffenberg and C. J. Goin 1959

See also Cope 1876 and Hay 1902

Sister taxa: Ambystomatoidea, Amphiumidae, Cryptobranchoidea, Hynobiidae, Iridotriton, Kiyatriton, Laccotriton, Liaoxitriton, Meantes, Menopomidae, Neocaudata, Nesovtriton, Nezpercius, Plethodontidae, Pleurodelidae, Polysemia, Proteidae, Rhyacotritonidae, Salamandra, Salamandridae, Salamandroidea, Seminobatrachus, Sinerpeton, Sirenidae, Thoriidae, Valdotriton

Subtaxa: none

Type: Hemitrypus jordanianus

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Hemitrypus in the database

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