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Extinct genus of amphibians

Prodesmodon
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 70.6–63.3 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Family: Batrachosauroididae
Genus: Prodesmodon
Estes, 1964
Type species
Prodesmodon copei
Estes, 1964
Synonyms

Cuttysarkus Estes, 1964

Prodesmodon is an extinct genus of prehistoric salamander, first described from the Lance Formation.

See also

References

  1. "†Prodesmodon Estes 1964". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
Lissamphibia
Tetrapodomorpha
Batrachomorpha / Temnospondyli
Dissorophoidea
Lissamphibia
    • see below↓
Lissamphibia
Albanerpetontidae?
Albanerpeton inexpectatum

Eocaecilia micropodia Triassurus sixtelae

Triadobatrachus massinoti
Gymnophionomorpha (caecilians total group)
Gymnophiona (caecilians crown group)
Rhinatrematidae (American tailed caecilians)
Stegokrotaphia
Ichthyophiidae (Asian tailed caecilians)
Teresomata
Scolecomorphidae (buried-eyed caecilians)
Chikilidae (Northeast Indian caecilians)
Herpelidae (African caecilians)
Typhlonectidae (aquatic caecilians)
Caeciliidae (common caecilians)
Grandisoniidae (Indo-African caecilians)
Dermophiidae (Neotropical caecilians)
Siphonopidae (South American caecilians)


Batrachia
(salamanders + frogs
crown group)
Caudata
(salamanders
total group)
Karauridae
Batrachosauroididae
Urodela (salamanders crown group)
    • 115 genera
Salientia
(frogs
total group)
Anura (frogs crown group)
    • several hundred genera
Taxon identifiers
Prodesmodon


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