†family Cochleosauridae Broili 1923 (tetrapod)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Cochleosauridae
Synonyms: Chenoprosopidae Langston 1953, Nyraniidae Lydekker 1889
Parent taxon: Edopoidea according to R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2014
See also Carroll 1988, Kuhn 1946, Schoch 2013, Sequeira 2004 and Sidor et al. 2005
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Adamanterpeton Chenoprosopus Cochleosaurinae Cochleosaurus Nigerpeton Procochleosaurus
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Niger (2 collections), United States (6: New Mexico)
• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (1: Texas)
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Nova Scotia), the Czech Republic (2), Ireland (1), United States (2: New Mexico, Ohio)
Total: 15 collections including 18 occurrences