Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Chigutisauridae
Parent taxon: Brachyopoidea according to R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2014
See also Carroll 1988, Damiani and Rubidge 2003, Damiani and Warren 1996, Hart et al. 2023, Schoch 2013, Schoch and Milner 2000, Warren and Damiani 1999, Warren and Marsicano 1998, Warren and Marsicano 2000 and Yates and Warren 2000
Sister taxa: Austropelor, Austropelor wadleyi, Brachyopidae, Hadrokkosaurus, Plagiosauridae
Subtaxa: Arenaerpeton Compsocerops Icanosaurus Icanosaurus rectifrons Keratobrachyops Koolasuchus Kuttycephalus Pelorocephalus Siderops
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Australia (6 collections)
• Jurassic of Australia (1), South Africa (3)
• Triassic of Argentina (3), Australia (2), Brazil (1), India (1), South Africa (2)
Total: 19 collections including 20 occurrences