<==o Eupelycosauria Kemp, 1982
   |-- †Varanopseidae Romer & Price, 1940 [Varanopsidae]
   `--+-- †Ophiacodontidae
      `--+-- †Edaphosauridae sensu Modesto, 1995
         `--o Sphenacodontia (Marsh, 1878) Romer & Price, 1940 [Sphenacodontidae sensu lato]
            |?- †Bathygnathus borealis
            |?- †Macrornerion
            |?- †Milosaurus mecordi DeMar, 1970
            |?- †Tetraceratops insignis Matthew, 1908
            |--o †Haptodus Currie, 1977 [paraphyletic Haplodontinae]
            |  |?- †H. beylei [jr. synonyms of H. garnettensis?]
            |  |?- †H. grandis [jr. synonyms of H. garnettensis?]
            |  `-- †H. garnettensis Currie, 1977
            `--+-- †Palaeohatteria longicaudata (Credner, 1888) [Haplodus] [paraphyletic Haplodontinae]
               `--+-- †Pantelosaurus saxonicus (von Huene, 1925) [Haplodus] [paraphyletic Haplodontinae]
                  `--+-- †Cutleria wilmarthi (Lewis & Vaughn, 1965) [Haplodus] [paraphyletic Haplodontinae]
                     `--o Sphenacodontoidea
                        |-- †Sphenacodontidae sensu stricto
                        `-- Therapsida (nisäkäsmäiset synapsidit, mammallike synapsids)

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Special thanks to:

Jos H. M. Dols, for gathering additional information and species of these animals.