†family Trematopidae Williston 1910 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Trematopidae

Alternative spelling: Trematopsidae

Synonym: Achelomidae Watson 1919

Full reference: S. W. Williston. 1910. Cacops, Desmospondylus; new genera of Permian vertebrates. Geological Society America Bulletin 21:249-284

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

See also Anderson et al. 2008, Bourget and Anderson 2011, Carroll 1988, Kuhn 1946, Martens et al. 2005, Olson 1941, Polley and Reisz 2011, Schoch 2013, Sumida et al. 1998, Watson 1919 and Yates and Warren 2000

Sister taxon: Dissorophidae

Subtaxa: Acheloma Actiobates Anconastes Ecolsonia Fedexia Mordex Phonerpeton Rotaryus Tambachia

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Type: Trematops

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Wolfcamp of United States (4: New Mexico, Texas collections)

• Permian of Germany (1), United States (7: Oklahoma, Texas)

• Virgilian of United States (1: Pennsylvania)

• Carboniferous of the Czech Republic (1), United States (2: Kansas, New Mexico)

Total: 16 collections including 19 occurrences

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