Parent taxon: Anura according to J. Chen et al. 2016
See also Gao and Wang 2001, Gissi et al. 2006, Henrici 2009, Hoegg et al. 2004 and Sanchiz 1998
Sister taxa: Acosmanura, Allophyrnidae, Alytidae, Archaeobatrachia, Arthroleptidae, Bissektia, Bufoniformia, Centrolenidae, Comobatrachus, Comobatrachus aenigmatis, Costata, Diacium unipedalis, Discoglossidae, Discoglossoidea, Electrorana, Eleutherodactylidae, Eoanura, Eobatrachus, Eobatrachus agilis, Epicria, Gastrechmia, Genibatrachus, Gobiatidae, Hemisotidae, Hensonbatrachus, Hyperoliidae, Jeholobatrachus, Lalagobatrachia, Latonia, Leiopelmatidae, Liaobatrachus, Mesobatrachia, Montsechobatrachus, Montsechobatrachus gaudryi, Neobatrachia, Neusibatrachus, Odontaglossa, Odontophrynidae, Opisthocoela, Opisthocoelellus, Palaeobatrachoidea, Paradiscoglossus, Phaneroglossa, Pipoidea, Proanura, Pseudidae, Raniformia, Rhinodermatidae, Scaphiophryninae, Scotiophryne, Sunnybatrachus, Thaumastosaurus, Theatonius, Tregobatrachidae, Tyrrellbatrachus, Varibatrachus, Vieraella, Vieraellidae, Wealdenbatrachus, Xenoanura
Subtaxa: Megophryidae Pelobatidae Pelodytidae Scaphiopodidae
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Austria (1 collection), Belgium (1), Croatia (1), France (9), Germany (1), Greece (5), Hungary (10), Israel (1), Mexico (1), the Netherlands (1), Poland (2), Romania (1), Spain (14), the United Kingdom (2), United States (33: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Kansas, New Mexico, Texas, Virginia)
• Blancan of United States (2: Kansas)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of France (1)
• Pliocene of Germany (1), Greece (2), Hungary (4), Italy (1), Poland (2), Spain (1), Turkey (2)
• Hemphillian of United States (5: Arizona, Kansas, Nebraska)
• Miocene of Austria (4), Canada (1: Saskatchewan), the Czech Republic (2), Germany (6), Greece (2), Hungary (10), Italy (3), Moldova (1), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (3), Slovakia (1), Turkey (2), Ukraine (2), United States (15: Florida, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota)
• Harrisonian of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Arikareean of United States (3: Montana)
• Oligocene of Belgium (2), France (2), Germany (4), Mongolia (2), Turkey (1), United States (2: Florida, South Dakota)
• Eocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), France (13), Germany (1), India (2), Portugal (1), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (9: California, Georgia, Nevada, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of Mongolia (1)
• Cretaceous of India (3), Romania (1), Tajikistan (1), United States (9: Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Wyoming), Uzbekistan (2)
• Jurassic of United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 222 collections including 258 occurrences