Acroplous Hotton 1959 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Eobrachyopidae

Full reference: N. Hotton. 1959. Acroplous vorax, a new and unusual labyrinthodont amphibian from the Kansas Permian. Journal of Paleontology 33:161-178

Parent taxon: Eobrachyopidae according to R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2014

See also Carroll 1988, Hotton 1959, Schoch 2013 and Yates and Warren 2000

Sister taxon: Isodectes

Subtaxa: Acroplous vorax

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Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (4: Kansas, Nebraska collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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