Editing Baphetidae (section)

=== Phylogeny ===
Baphetids have been previously considered primitive temnospondyls{{citation needed|date=October 2022}} and more recently [[Batrachosauria|batrachosaurs]] (reptile-like amphibia){{citation needed|date=October 2022}}.   It is likely, however, that they represent one more of a number of early Carboniferous tetrapodomorph radiations{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}.  Computer-assisted [[cladistics|phylogenetic analyses]] of a data matrix using characteristics of most of the major groups of terrestrial vertebrates place the Baphetids close to the ancestry of [[amniote]]s{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}.

With the reinterpretation of the [[Ichthyostegalia]] as aquatic forms{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}, baphetids are good candidates for the spot of first labyrinthodont group to actually spend substantial time on land{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}. If so, baphetids may be a rather important taxon{{opinion|date=October 2022}}