Microsauria

	Mikko's Phylogeny Archive	Terrestrial Vertebrate Groups
	Microsauria

After Carroll, 1988 and Milner, 1994

<==o †Microsauria Dawson, 1863
   |-- †Tuditanomorpha
   `--o †Microbrachomorpha
      |-- †Utaherpeton
      |-- †Microbrachis pelikani [Microbrachidae]
      |-- †Hyloplesion [Hyloplesiontidae]
      |-- †Odonterpeton [Odonterpentontidae]
      `--+--o †Brachystelechidae ---> tailed Lissamphibians only??
         |  |-- †Brachystelechus
         |  `-- †Carrolla
         `== Lissamphibia (nykysammakkoeläimet, modern amphibians) [polyphyletic???]

Reference(s):

Anderson, J. S. 1998: Phylogenetic analysis of the Lepospondyli (Tetrapoda).
--Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Vol. 18, #3, Suppl. to #3, pp. 24A

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.

McGowan, G. & Evans, S. E., 1995: Albanerpetonid amphibians from the Cretaceous of Spain.
–Nature: Vol. 373, 12 January, pp. 143-145

Milner, A. R., 1994: Late Triassic and Jurassic amphibians: Fossil record and phylogeny. 5-23
In Fraser, N. C. & Sues, H-D. 1994: In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs.
--Cambridge University Press, New York. 1994