Parent taxon: Neobatrachia according to F. Suazo Lara and R. O. Gómez 2022
See also Fernicola and Albino 2012 and Mörs et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Arariphrynus, Bufonidae, Ceratophryidae, Ceratophrynidae, Cratia, Eurycephalella, Heleophrynidae, Hungarobatrachus, Hyloidea, Mariliabatrachus, Primaevorana, Ranoidea, Sooglossidae, Telmatobiidae
Subtaxa: Calyptocephalellidae
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Chile (1 collection)
• Miocene of Argentina (5)
• Deseadan of Bolivia (1)
• Oligocene of Argentina (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), Argentina (1), India (2)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1), Bolivia (1), India (1)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (13), Brazil (2), Chile (1), Madagascar (1), Morocco (1)
Total: 33 collections including 37 occurrences