Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Dissorophidae
Synonyms: Otocoelidae Cope 1896, Stegopidae Moodie 1909
Parent taxon: Olsoniformes according to R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2014
See also Anderson et al. 2008, Bourget and Anderson 2011, Carroll 1988, Case 1911, Cope 1896, Cope 1896, Daly 1973, Haubold 1971, Hay 1902, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966, Li and Cheng 1999, Martens et al. 2005, Moodie 1909, Olson 1956, Olson 1970, Reisz et al. 2009, Schoch 2013, Schoch and Sues 2013, Shishkin et al. 2000 and Watson 1919
Sister taxon: Trematopidae
Subtaxa: Aspidosaurinae Aspidosaurus peltatus Attenosaurus Broomichnium Cacopinae Cincosaurus Cursipes Dissorophinae Eucacopinae Fayella Iratusaurus Nooxobeia Notalacerta Platyhistricinae Stegops
Type: Dissorophus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), Germany (1), the Russian Federation (6), United States (46: Colorado, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah)
• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (2: New Mexico)
• Carboniferous of United States (10: Alabama, Georgia, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma)
Total: 66 collections including 93 occurrences