†Nectridae

After Carroll, 1988 and Vallin & Laurin, 2004

<==o †Nectridae
   |?- †Arizonerpeton L.Penn. NA. 
   |--o †Scincosauridae
   |  |-- †Sauravus U.Penn.-L.Perm. Eu.
   |  `-- †Scincosaurus M.Penn. Eu.
   `--+--o †Keraterpetontidae
      |  |--+-- †Batrachiderpeton L.Penn. Eu.
      |  |  `--o †Keraterpeton L.-M.Penn. NA. Eu.
      |  |     `-- †K. galvani
      |  `--+--o †Diceratosaurus M.Penn. NA.
      |     |  `-- †D. brevirostris (Cope, 1874a)
      |     `--+-- †Diploceraspis U.Penn. NA.
      |        `--o †Diplocaulus L.-U.Perm. NA., U.Perm. NWAf.
      |           |-- †D. minimus Dutuit, 1988
      |           |-- †D. primus
      |           `-- †D. magnicornis
      `--o †Urocordylidae
         |--o †“Urocordylinae”
         |  |-- †Urocordylus L.Penn. Eu.
         |  `--+--o †Ctenerpeton M.Penn. NA.
         |     |  `-- †C. remex (Cope, 1868)
         |     `--o †Ptyonius ?L.-M.Penn. NA.
         |        `-- †P. marshii (Cope, 1874a)
         `--o Sauripleurinae
            |--o †Sauropleura M.Penn. Eu., M.Penn.-L.Perm. NA.
            |  |-- †S. scalaris
            |  `--+-- †S. bairdi
            |     `-- †S. pectinata Cope, 1868
            |-- †Lepterpeton L.Penn. Eu.
            |-- †Montcellia
            `-- †Crossotelos annulatus

Reference(s):

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Mikko's Phylogeny Archive

†Nectridae

After Carroll, 1988 and Vallin & Laurin, 2004

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