After Carroll, 1988, and Vallin & Laurin, 2004, with species from the “Paleobiology Database”
<==o †Nectridea Miall, 1875
|?- †Arizonerpeton wellsi Thayer, 1985; L.Penn. NA.
|--o †Scincosauridae Jaeckel, 1909
| |--o †Sauravus Thevenin, 1906; U.Penn.-L.Perm. Eu.
| | |-- †S. cambrayi Carroll, Bossy, Milner, Andrews & Wellstead, 1998
| | `-- †S. costei Thevenin, 1906
| `--o †Scincosaurus Fric, 1876; M.Penn. Eu.
| |-- †S. crassus Fric, 1876
| `-- †S. spinosus Civet, 1982
`--+--o †Diplocaulidae Cope, 1881 [Keraterpetontidae Jaekel, 1903]
| |--+--o †Batrachiderpeton Hancock & Atthey, 1871 [Batrachiderpetontinae Beerbower, 1963] L.Penn. Eu.
| | | |-- †B. lineatum Hancock & Atthey, 1871
| | | `-- †B. reticulatum (Hancock & Atthey, 1869) [Urocordylus reticulatus Hancock & Atthey, 1869]
| | `--o †Keraterpeton Wright & Huxley 1866 [Keraterpetontinae Beerbower, 1963]] L.-M.Penn. NA. Eu.
| | |-- †K. galvani Huxley, 1867
| | `-- †K. longtoni Carroll, Bossy, Milner, Andrews & Wellstead, 1998
| `--o ?†Diplocaulinae Cope, 1881; Beerbower 1963
| |-- †Ductilodon pruitti Gubin, 1999; E.Perm. NAm.
| |-- †Diceratosaurus brevirostris (Cope, 1874a) Jaekel, 1903; M.Penn. NA.
| `--+-- †Diploceraspis burkei Romer, 1952 [incl. Diploceraspis conemaughensis Romer, 1952] U.Penn. NA.
| `--o †Diplocaulus Cope, 1877 [Permoplatyops Case, 1946] L.-U.Perm. NA., U.Perm. NWAf.
| |-- †D. brevirostris Olson, 1951
| |-- †D. copei Broili, 1904
| |-- †D. magnicornis Cope, 1882 sensu olson, 1951 [incl. Diplocaulus limbatus Cope, 1895; Diplocaulus pusillus broili, 1902(?); Diplocaulus copei Broili, 1904(?); Platyops parvus Williston, 1918 (preocc.); Diplocaulus primigenius Mehl, 1921; Permoplatyops parvus (Williston, 1918) Case, 1946]
| |-- †D. minimus Dutuit, 1988
| |-- †D. parvus Olson, 1972 [=? Diplocaulus recurvatus Olson, 1952 (Germain, 2010)]
| |-- †D. primus (Olson, 1970) [Peronedon primus Olson, 1970]
| |-- †D. recurvatus Olson, 1952
| `-- †D. salamandroides Cope, 1877
`--o †Urocordylidae Lydekker, 1889
|--o †“Urocordylinae” Lydekker, 1889
| |-- †Urocordylus wandesfordii Huxley, 1867; Wright & Huxley, 1866; L.Penn. Eu.
| `--+--o †Ctenerpeton Cope, 1897; M.Penn. NA.
| | |-- †C. primum Aldrich & Jones, 1930
| | `-- †C. remex (Cope, 1868) [Sauropleura remex Cope, 1868; Ctenerpeton alveolatum Cope, 1897]
| `--o †Ptyonius Cope, 1875; ?L.-M.Penn. NA.
| |-- †P. marshii (Cope, 1869) [Colosteus marshii Cope, 1869; Ptyonius marshi (Cope, 1874a); ]
| `-- †P. olisthmonaias Thayer, 1985
`--o Sauripleurinae Carroll, Bossy, Milner, Andrews & Wellstead, 1998
|-- †Crossotelos annulatus Case, 1902
|-- †Lepterpeton dobbsii Wright & Huxley, 1866; L.Penn. Eu.
|-- †Montcellia longidentata (Moodie, 1909) Dutuit & Heyler, 1994 [Sauropleura longidentata Moodie, 1909]
`--o †Sauropleura Cope, 1868; M.Penn. Eu., M.Penn.-L.Perm. NA.
|-- †S. longicaudata Langiaux et al., 1974
|-- †S. scalaris Fritsch, 1883
`--+-- †S. bairdi Carroll, Bossy, Milner, Andrews & Wellstead, 1998
`-- †S. pectinata Cope, 1868
After Germain, 2010
<==o †Nectridea
|-- †Ptyonius
|--+-- †Urocordylus
| `-- †Sauropleura
`--+-- †Scincosaurus
`--+-- †Keraterpeton
`--+-- †Diceratosaurus
`--+-- †Batrachiderpeton
`--+-- †Peronedon
`--+-- †Diplocaulus magnicornis
`--+-- †Diploceraspis
`-- †Diplocaulus minimus
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