Batrachosauroididae is an extinct family of prehistoric salamanders with holarctic distribution. They were paedomorphic and presumably aquatic. They are possibly the sister taxon of Proteidae, an extant family of aquatic salamanders. They are definitively known from the Late Cretaceous to Miocene of North America and Europe. Remains from the earliest Cretaceous (Berriasian) Lulworth Formation of England have tenatively been attributed to this family.S. E. Evans and G. J. McGowan. 2002. An amphibian assemblage from the Purbeck Limestone Group. Special Papers in Palaeontology 68:103-119
The following genera are included: Batrachosauroides United States, Eocene–Miocene Opisthotriton North America, Late Cretaceous–Paleocene Palaeoproteus Europe, Paleocene–Miocene Parrisia United States, Late Cretaceous Peratosauroides United States, Miocene Prodesmodon North America, Late Cretaceous–Paleocene
See also Prehistoric amphibian List of prehistoric amphibians
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