After Laurin & Reisz, 1997 and Lee & Spencer, 1997
<==o †Diadectomorpha |--o †Limnoscelidae | |-- †Limnoscelis paludis Williston, 1911 | |-- †Limnosceloides brachycoles | |-- †Limnoscelops | |-- †Limnostygis | `?- †Romeriscus periallus Baird & Carroll, 1967 [nomen dubium sensu Laurin & Reisz, 1992] `--+?- †Tseajaia campi Vaughn, 1964 [Tseajaiidae] `--o †Diadectidae |?- †Diadectidae genera et species indet. [Berman & Henrici, 2003] [L. Perm. CEu.] `--+-- †Desmatodon hesperis |--o †Diadectes [Diadectoides] | |-- †D. absitus Berman et al., 1998 | |-- †D. maximus | `-- †D. tenuitectus |?- †Diasparactus zenos Case `-- †Stephanospondylus
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