†superfamily Anthracosauroidea Cope 1872 (tetrapod)
Parent taxon: Embolomeri according to O. Kuhn 1946
See also Clack 1994, Gauthier et al. 1989 and Gauthier et al. 1988
Sister taxa: Anthracosauridae, Loxommatoidea, Seroherpeton
Subtaxa: Cricotidae Eogyrinidae Otocratiidae Palaeogyrinidae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Permian of the Russian Federation (1 collection), United States (1: Oklahoma)
• Westphalian of the United Kingdom (2)
• Carboniferous of Canada (3: Nova Scotia), the Czech Republic (2), the United Kingdom (7), United States (4: Ohio, Texas)
Total: 20 collections including 21 occurrences