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Acherontiscidae

Amphibia - Acherontiscidae

Taxonomy
Acherontiscidae was named by Carroll (1967). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Lepospondyli by Carroll (1988); and to Lepospondyli by Carroll et al. (1998).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Acherontiscidae Carroll
1988Acherontiscidae Carroll
1998Acherontiscidae Carroll et al. p. xii

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
Lepospondyli()
familyAcherontiscidaeCarroll 1967
familyAcherontiscidaeCarroll 1967

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Acherontiscidae Carroll 1967
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G. †Acherontiscus Carroll 1969
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Acherontiscus caledoniae Carroll 1969
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available