Clade Stegocephali Cope 1868
Alternative spellings: Stegocephala, Stegocephalia, Stegocephalia
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1868. Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia of North America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1868:208-221
Parent taxon: Choanata according to M. Laurin et al. 2000
See also Cope 1875, Gadow 1898, Hay 1902, Huene 1954, Kuhn 1946, Moodie 1909 and Swinton 1934
Sister taxon: Eutetrapoda
Subtaxa: Adelospondyli Apoecospondyli Branchiosauria Embolospondyli Ganocephala Goniocephalus Loxembolomeri Neorhachitomi Phyllospondyli