Parent taxon: Anura according to O. Kuhn 1946
Sister taxa: Acosmanura, Allophyrnidae, Alytidae, Archaeobatrachia, Arthroleptidae, Bissektia, Bufoniformia, Centrolenidae, Comobatrachus, Comobatrachus aenigmatis, Costata, Diacium unipedalis, Discoglossidae, Discoglossoidea, Electrorana, Eleutherodactylidae, 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: Amphicoela Anomocoela Diplasiocoela Opisthocoela Procoela
Ecology: amphibious carnivore