Cryptobranchoidea

Cryptobranchoidea; Temporal range: ; Middle Jurassic - Present
	Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
	Hynobius fossigenus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Urodela
Suborder:	Cryptobranchoidea; Dunn, 1922
Subgroups
	†Chunerpeton?; †Jeholotriton; †Pangerpeton; †Nesovtriton?; †Iridotriton?; †Kiyatriton?; †Laccotriton; †Sinerpeton; Cryptobranchidae; Panhynobia Ji, Anderson & Gao, 2021 †Liaoxitriton; †Linglongtriton; †Neimengtriton; †Regalerpeton; †Nuominerpeton; Hynobiidae; ;

The Cryptobranchoidea are a suborder of salamanders found in Asia, European Russia, and the United States. They are known as primitive salamanders, in contrast to Salamandroidea, the advanced salamanders. It has two living subdivisions, Cryptobranchidae, which includes Asian giant salamanders and hellbenders, and Hynobiidae, commonly known as Asian salamanders.

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

The oldest members of the group are known from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) aged Yanliao Biota of China.

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