†family Baphetidae Cope 1875 (tetrapod)

Osteichthyes - Baphetoidea - Baphetidae

Synonyms: Loxommatidae Watson 1917 [objective synonym], Loxommidae Watson 1917 [objective synonym]

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1875. Check-list of North American Batrachia and Reptilia; with a systematic list of the higher groups, and an essay on geographical distribution. Based on the specimens contained in the U. S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 1:1-109

Parent taxon: Baphetoidea according to J. A. Clack and A. R. Milner 2015

See also Anderson 2001, Beaumont 1977, Carroll 1988, Cope 1875, Gardiner 1982, Gauthier et al. 1989 and Kuhn 1946

Sister taxa: Eucritta, Spathicephalidae

Subtaxa: Baphetinae Loxommatinae

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Desmoinesian of United States (1: Ohio collection)

• Westphalian of the United Kingdom (2)

• Carboniferous of Canada (2: Nova Scotia), the Czech Republic (1), the United Kingdom (16), United States (1: Ohio)

Total: 23 collections including 27 occurrences

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