Acerastea Warren and Hutchinson 1987 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Derwentiidae

Full reference: A. A. Warren and M. N. Hutchinson. 1987. The skeleton of a new hornless rhytidosteid (Amphibia, Temnospondyli). Alcheringa 11:291-302

Parent taxon: Derwentiidae according to R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2000

See also Warren and Hutchinson 1987

Sister taxa: Derwentia, Rewana

Subtaxa: Acerastea wadeae

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Type: Acerastea wadeae

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at QMF L78 (Rewan Formation) (Triassic of Australia)

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