†family Tupilakosauridae Kuhn 1960 (tetrapod)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Tupilakosauridae
Synonyms: Kourerpetidae Olson and Lammers 1976, Kourerpetontidae Olson and Lammers 1976
Parent taxon: Dvinosauroidea according to R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2014
See also Carrano 2023, Carroll 1988, Damiani and Rubidge 2003, Olson and Lammers 1976, Schoch 2013, Warren 1998 and Yates and Warren 2000
Sister taxa: Bermanerpeton, Dvinosauridae, Eobrachyopidae
Subtaxa: Batrachosuchoides Kourerpeton Slaugenhopia Thabanchuia Tupilakosaurus
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Greenland (2 collections), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (21), South Africa (1)
• Permian of France (1), United States (2: Texas)
Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence