After Yates, 1999, Yates & Warren, 2000, and Warren & Marsicano, 2000
<==o †Stereospondyli Fraas, 1889 after Yates, 1999, Yates & Warren, 2000 and Warren & Marsicano, 2000 |-- †Peltobatrachus [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. `--+-- †Capitosauria Yates & Warren, 2000 `--o †Trematosauria Yates & Warren, 2000 |--+-- †Luzocephalus blomi Shishkin, 1980 | `-- †Trematosauroidea (Watson, 1919) `--+-- †Metoposauroidea (Watson, 1919) `--+-- †Plagiosauroidea (Abel, 1919) `--+-- †Brachyopomorpha Warren & Marsicano, 2000 `-- †Rhytidosteoidea Huene, 1920 [Rhytidosteidae sensu Yates & Warren, 2000]
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