†subfamily Plagiosterninae Shishkin 1986 (tetrapod)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Plagiosauridae
Parent taxon: Plagiosauridae according to R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2014
See also Dias-da-Silva and Milner 2009
Sister taxa: Plagiobatrachus, Plagiosaurinae, Plagiosuchinae, Taphrognathus
Subtaxa: Aranetsia Megalophthalma Melanopelta Plagiorophus Plagiosternum
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Brazil (1 collection), Germany (10), the Russian Federation (8)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence