Alternative spellings: Discoglossoidei, Discoglossoidei
Parent taxon: Anura according to A. Folie et al. 2013
See also Evans et al. 1990, Gao and Wang 2001, Hoegg et al. 2004 and Sanchiz 1998
Sister taxa: Acosmanura, Allophyrnidae, Alytidae, Archaeobatrachia, Arthroleptidae, Bissektia, Bufoniformia, Centrolenidae, Comobatrachus, Comobatrachus aenigmatis, Costata, Diacium unipedalis, Discoglossidae, Electrorana, Eleutherodactylidae, Eoanura, Eobatrachus, Eobatrachus agilis, Epicria, Gansubatrachus, Gastrechmia, Genibatrachus, Gobiatidae, Hemisotidae, Hensonbatrachus, Hyperoliidae, Jeholobatrachus, Lalagobatrachia, Leiopelmatidae, Liaobatrachus, Mesobatrachia, Montsechobatrachus, Montsechobatrachus gaudryi, Neobatrachia, Neusibatrachus, Odontaglossa, Odontophrynidae, Opisthocoela, Opisthocoelellus, Palaeobatrachoidea, Paradiscoglossus, Pelobatoidea, Phaneroglossa, Pipoidea, Proanura, Pseudidae, Raniformia, Rhinodermatidae, Scaphiophryninae, Scotiophryne, Sunnybatrachus, Thaumastosaurus, Theatonius, Tregobatrachidae, Tyrrellbatrachus, Varibatrachus, Vieraella, Vieraellidae, Wealdenbatrachus, Xenoanura
Subtaxa: Bombinatoridae
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Hungary (4 collections), Italy (2), the Netherlands (1), Poland (1), Romania (1)
• Pliocene of Greece (1), Hungary (2), Italy (1)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Hungary (1), Italy (1), Moldova (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Eocene of India (1)
• Cretaceous of Romania (3)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence