Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Metoposauridae
Full reference: D. M. S. Watson. 1919. The structure, evolution and origin of the Amphibia.—The "orders" Rachitomi and Stereospondyli. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 209:1-73
Parent taxon: Trematosauroidea according to R. R. Schoch 2013
See also Buffa et al. 2019, Carroll 1988, Kuhn 1946, Long and Murry 1995, Murry 1989, Parker and Irmis 2005, Sulej 2007, Watson 1919 and Yates and Warren 2000
Sister taxa: Almasauridae, Calamops, Callistomordax, Gonioglyptus huxleyi, Indolyrocephalus, Indolyrocephalus panchetensis, Lyrocephaliscidae, Peltostega, Platystegidae, Thoosuchus, Trematosauridae, Wetlugasauridae
Subtaxa: Anaschisma Apachesaurus Arganasaurus Bogdania Dictyocephalus Dutuitosaurus Eupelor Mastodonsaurus durus Metoposaurus Metoposaurus fraasi Metoposaurus hoffmani Metoposaurus jonesi Negevodus Panthasaurus Trigonosternum
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (1 collection), Canada (1: Nova Scotia), France (1), Germany (15), India (9), Israel (1), Italy (1), Madagascar (1), Morocco (5), Poland (2), Portugal (2), United States (171: Arizona, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Zimbabwe (1)
Total: 211 collections including 249 occurrences