Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Branchiosauridae
Parent taxon: Amphibamiformes according to R. R. Schoch 2019
See also Carroll 1988, Hay 1902, Kuhn 1946, Maddin et al. 2012, Schoch 2013 and Schoch and Milner 2014
Sister taxa: Amphibamidae, Anthracobamus, Eoscopus, Georgenthalia, Gerobatrachus, Micropholidae, Nanobamus
Subtaxa: Apateon Branchiosaurus Eumicrerpeton Leptorophus Melanerpeton Milnererpeton Schoenfelderpeton Tungussogyrininae Tungussogyrinus
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Rotliegendes of the Czech Republic (1 collection)
• Permian to Triassic of the Russian Federation (3)
• Permian of the Czech Republic (7), France (4), Germany (23), Italy (3), Turkey (1)
• Kuzel of Germany (1)
• Carboniferous to Permian of Germany (1)
• Carboniferous of the Czech Republic (2), France (2), Germany (2), United States (3: Illinois, New Mexico, Pennsylvania)
Total: 53 collections including 71 occurrences