another clade containing Alierasaurus, the other two species of Cotylorhynchus and Lalieudorhynchus. Within the latter clade, Alierasaurus is the sister group of “Cotylorhynchus” bransoni and a more derived clade including Lalieudorhynchus and “Cotylorhynchus” hancocki. Below is the cladogram published by Werneburg and colleagues in 2022. Notes References Caseasaurs Prehistoric synapsid genera Roadian genera Guadalupian synapsids of Europe Permian Italy Fossils of Italy Fossil taxa described in 2014