Eutemnospondyli

Eutemnospondyli (meaning "true Temnospondyli") is a clade of temnospondyl amphibians that includes most temnospondyls except edopoids. Eutemnospondyli was named by German paleontologist Rainer R. Schoch in 2013. He defined it as a stem-based taxon including all temnospondyls more closely related to Stereospondyli than to Edopoidea. In his phylogenetic analysis, Eutemnospondyli included dendrerpetontids and a clade he referred to as Rhachitomi. Rhachitomi is defined to include four major and well-supported clades of temnospondyls: Dvinosauria, Eryopidae, Stereospondyli and a clade formed by Zatracheidae and Dissorophoidea. Below is a cladogram from Schoch's analysis:[1]

Temnospondyli	Edopoidea   Eutemnospondyli   "Dendrerpetontidae"   Rhachitomi     Dvinosauria       Zatracheidae     Dissorophoidea       Eryopiformes   Eryopidae   Stereospondylomorpha   Sclerocephalus       Glanochthon       Archegosaurus       Australerpeton   Stereospondyli   Rhinesuchidae       Lydekkerina       Capitosauria     Trematosauria

Eutemnospondyli Temporal range: Early Carboniferous - Early Cretaceous, 330–120 Ma Possible descendant taxon Lissamphibia survives to present. PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Skeleton of Cacops
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Temnospondyli
Clade:	†Eutemnospondyli Schoch, 2013
Genera
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References

1. Schoch, R. R. (2013). "The evolution of major temnospondyl clades: An inclusive phylogenetic analysis". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 11: 673–705. doi:10.1080/14772019.2012.699006.