Full reference: E. Haeckel. 1866. Generelle Morphologie der Organismen, Allgemeine Grundzuge der Organischen Formen-Wissenschaft, Mechanisch Begründet Durch die von Charles Darwin Reformirte Descendez-Theorie. Verlag von Georg Reimer, Berlin CLX-462
Parent taxon: Temnospondyli according to H. C. Maddin et al. 2012
See also Anderson et al. 2008, Dong and Wang 1998, Gadow 1898, Gao and Shubin 2001, Gao and Shubin 2003, Gao and Wang 2001, Gardiner 1982, Gauthier et al. 1989, Haeckel 1866, Jia and Gao 2016, Jia and Gao 2019, Laurin et al. 2000, Meyer and Zardoya 2003, Vasilyan et al. 2013 and Zhang et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Almasauroidea, Anthichnium, Archegosauriformes, Archegosauroidea, Arkanserpeton, Arkanserpeton arcuatum, Baropezia, Capetus, Colosteoidea, Edopoidea, Edopsoidea, Episcopopus, Eurycervix, Euskelia, Eutemnospondyli, Hemiprichisaurus, Hesperoherpeton, Hylopus, Ichthyostegalia, Labyrinthodon laniarius, Labyrinthodon pachygnathus, Labyrinthodon ventricosus, Limnarchia, Lysipterygiidae, Megapezia, Miobatrachus, Nanopus, Orthosauriscus, Otuminisaurus, Otuminisaurus limensis, Palaeosauropus, Palatinerpeton, Petrophryne major, Phrynosuchus, Phrynosuchus whaitsi, Pleuronoura, Porierpeton, Ptychosphenodon, Ptychosphenodon browni, Rhinesuchoidea, Rileymillerus, Saharastega, Saurischiocomes, Saurischiocomes keuperinus, Syphonodon, Syphonodon thecomastodon, Temnocorpichnus, Zatrachys conchigerus
Subtaxa: Albanerpetontidae Allocaudata Batrachia Gymnophionomorpha Paratoidea
Ecology: amphibious carnivore