[2] It encompasses all of the taxa traditionally considered to be "amphibamids" (subsequently restricted to Doleserpeton annectens and Amphibamus grandiceps by Schoch), branchiosaurids, and hypothetically lissamphibians under the traditional temnospondyl hypothesis of lissamphibian origins.

These taxa are typically small-bodied dissorophoids and form the sister group to Olsoniformes, which comprises dissorophids and trematopids.

Amphibamiformes are diagnosed by a palatine and ectopterygoid reduced to narrow struts, a laterally-expanded interpterygoid vacuity, a humerus length-to-waist ratio of 6:10, and an absent basioccipital and supraoccipital.

Simplified phylogeny of Dissorophoidea from Schoch (2018):[2] Olsoniformes Eoscopus Platyrhinops Tersomius Pasawioops Micropholis Doleserpeton Amphibamus Gerobatrachus Georgenthalia Eocaecilia Karaurus Triadobatrachus Branchiosaurus Apateon Leptorophus Schoenfelderpeton The phylogeny of Amphibamiformes has historically been relatively unresolved.

Below are earlier analyses that recover slightly different topologies (nomenclature adjusted to reflect current status and ranks): Georgenthalia Eoscopus Plemmyradytes Platyrhinops Doleserpeton Gerobatrachus Amphibamus Tersomius Micropholis Pasawioops [3] Tersomius Micropholis Eoscopus Platyrhinops Amphibamus Doleserpeton Gerobatrachus Anura Triadobatrachus Caudata Albanerpetontidae [4]