of an unresolved trichotomy including Titanophoneus potens, T. adamanteus, and Anteosaurus. The following cladogram is based on Kammerer's 2011 analysis:

When describing the Brazilian anteosaur Pampaphoneus, Cisneros et al. presented another cladogram confirming the recognition of the clades Anteosaurinae and Syodontinae. In the Fig. 2. cladogram of the main paper (which does not include Microsyodon), Titanophoneus adamanteus is recovered