After Laurin & Reisz, 1997 and Vallin & Laurin, 2004
<==o †Lysorophia |?- †Brachydectes elongatus `--o †Lysorophidae |?- †Megamolgophis |-- †Cocytinus gyrinoides Cope, 1871b |-- †Lysorophus tricarinatus `--o †Molgophis |-- †M. brevicostatus |-- †M. macrurus Cope, 1868 `-- †M. wheatleyi
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
in Carroll, R. L. 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - Laurin, M. & Reisz, R. R., 1997: A new perspective on tetrapod phylogeny. 9-59
in Sumida, S. S. & Martin, K. L. M., 1997: Amniote origins: Completing the transition to Land.
–Academic Press, San Diego, 1997, pp. x-510 - Vallin, G. & Laurin, M., 2004: Cranial morphology and affinities of Microbrachis, and a reappraisal of the phylogeny and lifestyle of the first amphibians.
–Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 24, #1, pp. 56-72
Special thanks to:
Dols, J. H. M., for gathering additional information and species.