Alternative spellings: Aistopodes, Aistopodi
Full reference: L. C. Miall. 1875. On the Structure and Classification of the Labyrinthodonts. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 44:149-192
Parent taxon: Tetrapoda according to J. D. Pardo et al. 2017
See also Anderson 2002, Anderson 2003, Carroll 1988, Carroll et al. 1998, Gadow 1898, Gardiner 1982, Gregory 1948, Huene 1954, Jaekel 1911, Kuhn 1946, Lydekker 1889, Maddin et al. 2012, Moodie 1909, Thayer 1985 and Wellstead 1982
Sister taxa: Acanthostegidae, Amphibia, Antlerpeton, Austrobrachyops, Austrobrachyops jenseni, Aytonerpeton, Baphetoidea, Brittagnathus, Caerorhachidae, Casineria, Characichnos, Chroniosuchia, Collettosaurus, Colosteidae, Crassigyrinidae, Crucipes, Diploradus, Dipodiscus, Doragnathus, Eldeceeon, Embolomeri, Erpetopus, Gaiasia, Hemispondyla, Janusichnus, Janusichnus bifrons, Kirktonecta, Koilops, Laoporus, Limnosceloides, Limnosceloides brachycoles, Limnosceloides dunkardensis, Lunaepes, Merifontichnus, Mesanerpeton, Microsauropus, Miosauria, Namuncurania malarguense, Nasopus grimmi, Nothosaurops occiduus, Ossirarus, Paleosauropus, Parmastega, Perittodus, Plesiosaurus vaccinsulensis, Polyptychodon mackesoni, Reniformichnus, Reptiliomorpha, Romeriscus, Romeriscus periallus, Saurichnium parallelum, Sigournea, Silvanerpeton, Solenodonsaurus, Solidopus, Solidopus perissodactylus, Tambachichnium, Tantallognathus, Tetrapodium, Thecodontichnus, Theriodesmus, Typopus, Wangwusaurus, Wangwusaurus tayuensis, Westlothiana, Whatcheeriidae
Subtaxa: Lethiscidae Oestocephalidae Ophiderpetontidae Phlegethontiidae Pseudophlegethontiidae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (4: New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas collections)
• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (1: New Mexico)
• Carboniferous of the Czech Republic (2), France (1), Ireland (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (6: Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania)
Total: 18 collections including 32 occurrences