Baphetoidea
| Baphetoidea Temporal range: Early to Late Carboniferous
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| Life restoration of Loxomma | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
| Clade: | Stegocephali |
| Superfamily: | †Baphetoidea Cope, 1875 |
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Baphetoidea is a
genera such as Eucritta and Spathicephalus (which has been given its own family Spathicephalidae).[1]
The superfamily has also been called Loxommatoidea, but this name is a junior synonym of Baphetoidea.
Taxonomy
Baphetoidea was named by
D.M.S. Watson in 1929 for baphetids such as Loxomma, which were then known as loxommatids. Loxommatids were later shown to be members of Baphetidae, and Loxommatoidea was synonymized with Baphetoidea as a result. Because Baphetoidea was the first erected name, it has priority over Loxommatoidea.[2]