After Holmes, Carroll & Reisz, 1998, Yates & Warren, 2000, Sidor et al., 2005, and Steyer et al., 2006
<==o †Edopoidea Romer, 1945 sensu Steyer et al., 2006 |-- †Edops craigi [Edopidae] `--o †Cochleosauridae Broili, in Zittel & Broili, 1923 |?- †Gaudrya latistoma Fritsch, 1885 (1889) |?- †Macrerpeton huxleyi (Cope, 1874a) |-- †Procochleosaurus jarrowensiss `--o †Cochleosaurinae Broili, in Zittel & Broili, 1923 sensu Steyer et al., 2006 |-- †Adamanterpeton ohionensis `--+--o †Cochleosaurus | |-- †C. florensis | `-- †C. bohemicus `--+-- †Nigerpeton ricqlesi Sidor et al., 2005 `--o †Chenoprosopus |-- †C. milleri `-- †C. lewisi
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