†family Dendrerpetonidae Fritsch 1885 (tetrapod)
Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Dendrerpetonidae
Alternative spelling: Dendrerpetontidae
Parent taxon: Eutemnospondyli according to R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2014
See also Carroll 1967, Carroll 1988, Hay 1902, Holmes and Carroll 1977 and Kuhn 1946
Sister taxa: Balanerpeton, Rhachitomi
Subtaxa: Dendrerpeton Dendrysekos Platystegos
Type: Dendrerpeton
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Canada (5: Nova Scotia collections), Ireland (1)
Total: 6 collections including 9 occurrences