†family Karauridae Ivachnenko 1978 (salamander)
Amphibia - Caudata - Karauridae
Parent taxon: Caudata according to J. D. Gardner 2001
See also Carroll 1988, Estes 1981, Nessov 1988 and Shishkin 2000
Sister taxa: Amphiumoidea, Apricosiren, Batrachosauroididae, Bishara, Comonecturoides, Comonecturoides marshi, Egoria, Galverpeton, Heteroclitotriton, Hylaeobatrachus, Karauroidea, Kulgeriherpeton, Marmorerpeton, Noterpetontidae, Pancryptobrancha, Plethodontoidea, Prosirenoidea, Ramonellus, Triassuridae, Urodela, Urupia
Type: Karaurus
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Kazakhstan (1 collection), Kyrgyzstan (3), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence