Acherontiscus
| Acherontiscus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
| Clade: | Stegocephali |
| Order: | †Adelospondyli |
| Family: | †Acherontiscidae Carroll, 1969 |
| Genus: | †Acherontiscus Carroll, 1969 |
| Type species | |
| †Acherontiscus caledoniae Carroll, 1969
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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
- ^ Carroll, Robert L. (1969). "A new family of Carboniferous amphibians" (PDF). Palaeontology (12).
See also
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