Cryptobranchoidea

Cryptobranchoidea Temporal range: Late Jurassic - Holocene, 154–0Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Caudata
(unranked):	Urodela
Suborder:	Cryptobranchoidea
Subgroups
†Chunerpeton †Iridotriton †Liaoxitriton †Nesovtriton †Pangerpeton †Regalerpeton Cryptobranchidae Hynobiidae

The Cryptobranchoidea are a suborder of salamanders found in the eastern United States, China, Taiwan, and Japan. They are known as primitive salamanders, in contrast to Salamandroidea, or advanced salamanders.^[1]

Some species of the fully aquatic Cryptobranchidae family are known as giant salamanders due to their large size.

Description

This suborder contains only two families at present. Other families went extinct in the past and are only known as fossils.

• Cryptobranchidae
• Hynobiidae

References

Caudate families by suborder Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Subphylum Craniata Superclass Tetrapoda Class Amphibia Cryptobranchoidea Cryptobranchidae Hynobiidae Salamandroidea Ambystomatidae Amphiumidae Dicamptodontidae Plethodontidae Proteidae Rhyacotritonidae Salamandridae Sirenoidea Sirenidae