After Yates, 1999, Yates & Warren, 2000, Warren & Marsicano, 2000, and Damiani, 2001
Four alternative phylogenies of stereospondyls.
<==o †Stereospondyli Zittel, 1887 (non? Fraas, 1889) sensu Yates & Warren, 2000 |-- †Peltobatrachus pustulatus (Panchen, 1959) [Peltobatrachidae] `--+--o †Lapillopsidae | |-- †Lapillopsis nana | `-- †Rotaurisaurus contundo `--+--o †Rhinesuchidae Watson, 1919 sensu Romer, 1947 [incl. Uranocentrodontidae] | |-- †“Lydekkerina” kitchingi Broom | |-- †Laccosaurus watsoni Haughton [Laccocephalus??] | |-- †Muchocephalus muchos Watson | |-- †Rhineceps nyasaensis | |-- †Rhinesuchoides | |--o †Rhinesuchus | | |?- †Rhinesuchus indet. [Phrynosuchus whaitsi] | | `-- †R. rubidgei Broom, U. Perm. SA. | |-- †Uranocentrodon U. Perm. SA. | `-- †Broomistega putterilli (Broom, 1930) Shishkin & Rubidge, 2000 [“Lydekkerina” putterilli Broom, 1930] L. Trias. SA. `--+--o †Lydekkerinidae Broom, 1909 [Deltacephalidae Marya´nska & Shishkin, 1996] | |?- †Broomulus | |-- †Chomatobratrachus hali Cosgriff, 1974 | |-- †Cryobatrachus kitchingi | |?- †Deltacephalus whitei Swinton, 1956 | |?- †Indobenthosuchus panchetensis (Tripathi, 1969) [also treated as a Indobrachyopid] | |-- †Limnoiketes | |-- †Lydekkerina huxleyi (Lydekker, 1889) Broom, 1909 | `?- †Putterillia `--+-- †Mastodonsauroidea Lydekker, 1885b sensu Damiani, 2001 [Capitosauria Yates & Warren, 2000] `-- †Trematosauria Yates & Warren, 2000 [Trematosauroidea (Watson, 1919) sensu Damiani, 2001]
Stereospondyli incertae sedis sensu Damiani, 2001:
†Benthosuchus madagascariensis (Lehman, 1961) [==> recently been treated as a species of Watsonisuchus] †Wetlungasaurus sp. (Lehman, 1961) or †Wetlungasaurus milloti [nomen nudum]
Stereospondyli indeterminate sensu Damiani, 2001:
†Mastodonsaurus meyeri (Münster, 1834) †Odontosaurus voltzii (Meyer, 1835) †Labyrinthodon laniarius (Owen, 1942a) †Labyrinthodon ventricosus (Owen, 1942) †Labyrinthodon leptognathus (Owen, 1842a) †Xestorrhytias perrini (Meyer, 1855) †Pachygonia incurvata (Huxley, 1865) †Diadetognathus varvicensis (Miall, 1874) †Mastodonsaurus indicus (Lydekker, 1890) †Cyclotosaurus albertyni (Broom, 1904) †Ptychosphenodon browni (Seeley, 1907) †Syphonodon thecomastodon (Seeley, 1908) †Calamops paludosus Sinclair, 1917 †Hemprichisaurus kauperinus (Kuhn, 1939) [Mastodonsaurus keuperinus?] †Parotosaurus turfanensis (Young, 1966) †Labyrinthodon panchetensis (Tripathi, 1969) †Ferganobatrachus riabinini Nesov, 1990
Alternative phylogenies of Stereospondyli:
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