Acherontiscus

Acherontiscus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subclass: †Lepospondyli
Order: †Adelospondyli
Family: †Acherontiscidae
Carroll, 1969
Genus: †Acherontiscus
Carroll, 1969
Type species
†Acherontiscus caledoniae
Carroll, 1969

Acherontiscus is an extinct genus of lepospondyl amphibian that lived during the Carboniferous.[1] The type and only species is Acherontiscus caledoniae, named by paleontologist Robert Carroll in 1969.

References

  1. ↑ {{cite journal{{|last=Carroll |first=Robert L. |year=1969 |journal=Palaeontology |issue=12 |title=A new family of Carboniferous amphibians |url=http://palaeontology.palass-pubs.org/pdf/Vol%2012/Pages%20537-548.pdf |authorlink=Robert L. Carroll |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100215182654/http://palaeontology.palass-pubs.org/pdf/Vol%2012/Pages%20537-548.pdf |archivedate=2010-02-15 }}

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