†family Zatracheidae Williston 1910 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Zatracheidae

Alternative spellings: Zatrachydae, Zatrachydidae

Synonym: Acanthostomatidae Steen

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

See also Boy 1989, Boy 1990, Carroll 1988, Kuhn 1946, Paton 1975, Schoch 2013, Watson 1919 and Yates and Warren 2000

Sister taxa: Dissorophoidea, Dvinosauria, Eryopiformes, Macrerpeton, Macromerium, Micropholoidea, Perryella, Potamochoston, Sparagmites

Subtaxa: Acanthostomatops Chemnitzion Dasyceps Zatrachys

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Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Wolfcamp of United States (13: New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, West Virginia collections)

• Permian of the Czech Republic (1), Germany (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (9: Texas)

• Virgilian of United States (2: New Mexico, West Virginia)

Total: 28 collections including 29 occurrences

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