Trematopidae
| Trematopidae | |
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| Skeleton of Acheloma cumminsi in the Field Museum of Natural History. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | "Amphibia" (wide sense) |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Clade: | †Olsoniformes |
| Family: | †Trematopidae Williston, 1910 |
Trematopidae is a family of Temnospondyli.[1] It was a diverse group who lived in the Permian period, and was highly adapted to a terrestrial existence, possibly returning to water only to mate and/or lay eggs.[2]
References
- ↑ Williston, S.W. (1910). "Cacops, Demospondylus; new genera of Permian vertebrates". Geological Society of America Bulletin 21: 249–284.
- ↑ Early Terrestrial Amphibian Described by Carnegie Museum of Natural History
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