†family Captorhinidae Case 1911 (reptile)
Synonym: Pariotichidae Cope 1883
Full reference: E. C. Case. 1911. A revision of the Cotylosauria of North America. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 145:1-121
Parent taxon: Eureptilia according to R. R. Reisz et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Captorhina, Parapsida, Protorothyrididae, Romeriida, Thuringothyris
Subtaxa: Acrodenta, Baeotherates, Captorhinoides, Captorhinus, Concordia, Labidosaurus, Moradisaurinae, Protocaptorhinus, Reiszorhinus, Rhiodenticulatus, Riabininus, Romeria, Saurorictus
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-herbivore