Acheloma
| Acheloma Temporal range: Early Permian, 279.5–272.5 Ma | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Family: | †Trematopidae |
| Genus: | †Acheloma |
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Trematops milleri Williston, 1909 | |
Skeleton
Acheloma (also known as Trematops milleri) is an extinct genus of temnospondyl that lived during the Early Permian.[1][2] The type species is A. cumminsi. Trematops milleri has been synonymized with Acheloma. Like other trematopids, Acheloma was a large terrestrial carnivore, as shown both by its morphology and bone microanatomy.[3] One species, A. dunni, may have been the top predator of the diverse Richards Spur assemblage in Oklahoma. The following cladogram shows the phylogenetic position of Acheloma, from Polley & Reisz, 2011.[4]
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References
- ↑ "The Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 6 January 2010.
- ↑ Dilkes, David William; Robert Reisz (December 30, 1987), "Trematops milleri identified as a junior synonym of Acheloma cumminsi with a revision of the genus", American Museum Novitates, American Museum of Natural History (2902)
- ↑ Quémeneur, S.; de Buffrénil, V.; Laurin, M. (2013). "Microanatomy of the amniote femur and inference of lifestyle in limbed vertebrates". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 109 (3): 644–655. doi:10.1111/bij.12066.
- ↑ Polley, B.P.; and Reisz, R.R. (2011). "A new Lower Permian trematopid (Temnospondyli: Dissorophoidea) from Richards Spur, Oklahoma". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (4): 789–815. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00668.x.
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