Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Zatracheidae
Alternative spellings: Zatrachydae, Zatrachydidae
Synonym: Acanthostomatidae Steen
Parent taxon: Rhachitomi according to R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2014
See also Boy 1989, Boy 1990, Carroll 1988, Kuhn 1946, Paton 1975, Schoch 2013, Watson 1919 and Yates and Warren 2000
Sister taxa: Dissorophoidea, Dvinosauria, Eryopiformes, Macrerpeton, Macromerium, Micropholoidea, Perryella, Potamochoston, Sparagmites
Subtaxa: Acanthostomatops Chemnitzion Dasyceps Zatrachys
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of the Czech Republic (1 collection), Germany (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (22: New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, West Virginia)
• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (1: New Mexico)
• Carboniferous of United States (1: West Virginia)
Total: 28 collections including 29 occurrences