Clade Batrachia Macartney 1802 (tetrapod)
Parent taxon: Lissamphibia according to H. C. Maddin et al. 2012
See also Anderson et al. 2008, Dundee 1989, Gardner 2001, Hay 1902, Mantell 1854, McGowan and Evans 1995, Meyer and Zardoya 2003, Owen 1842, Owen 1859, Owen 1860, Owen 1861 and Zardoya and Meyer 2001
Sister taxa: Albanerpetontidae, Allocaudata, Gymnophionomorpha, Paratoidea
Subtaxa: Caudata Gymnophidia Salientia Trachystomata
Ecology: amphibious carnivore