Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Amphibia - (Order) Caudata

Original entries

†Chunerpeton (Genus) Gao & Shubin, 2003

Subsequent entries

Cryptobranchus (Genus) Leuckart, 1821

Current position

Cryptobranchoidei ([unranked]) Noble, 1931

Ref: D.R. Frost et al., 2006: 170.

Alternative positions

Caudata (Order) Scopoli, 1777	Ref: D.R. Frost, 2010: 22 Nov 2010.
Cryptobranchoidea (Suborder) Dunn, 1922	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 614.
Urodela (Order) Dumeril, 1806	Ref: D.R. Frost, 2004: 23 Apr 2006.

Historical positions

Cryptobranchoidei ([unranked]) Noble, 1931	Ref: D.R. Frost et al., 2006: 170; 151.
Cryptobranchoidea (Suborder) Dunn, 1922	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 614.
Cryptobranchoidea (Suborder) Dunn, 1922	Ref: H.-P. Schultze et al., 1985: [1], 16.
Cryptobranchoidea (Suborder) Dunn, 1922	Ref: W.E. Duellman, 1982: 946.
Cryptobranchoidea (Suborder) Dunn, 1922	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2g;3s;2ss; †1g;2s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[2g];3s
2010	D.R. Frost: 22 Nov 2010	[2g];3s
2007	D.R. Frost: 20 Mar 2007	[2g];3s
2006	D.R. Frost et al.	[2g]
1982	W.E. Duellman	2g;[3s]