†family Archegosauridae von Meyer 1857 (tetrapod)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Archegosauridae
Parent taxon: Archegosauroidea according to M. A. Shishkin et al. 2000
See also Carroll 1988, Dias and Barberena 2001, Gubin 1997, Hay 1902, Kuhn 1946, Romer 1947, Schoch and Milner 2000, Watson 1919 and Yates and Warren 2000
Sister taxon: Melosauridae
Subtaxa: Archegosaurinae Bashkirosaurus Collidosuchus Kashmirosaurus Melosaurinae Platyoposaurinae Platyoposaurus Platyops Platyposaurinae Tryphosuchinae
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Tatarian of the Russian Federation (2 collections)
• Permian of Brazil (2), India (2), the Russian Federation (16)
Total: 22 collections including 31 occurrences