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Acherontiscus

Amphibia - Acherontiscidae

Taxonomy
Acherontiscus was named by Carroll (1969). It is not extant.

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

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Acherontiscus Carroll
1988Acherontiscus Carroll
1998Acherontiscus Carroll et al. p. 185

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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
genusAcherontiscusCarroll 1969

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.

G. †Acherontiscus Carroll 1969
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Acherontiscus caledoniae Carroll 1969
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2005-03-06 14:47:58
Modified: 2005-03-06 16:47:58
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Pendleian or 326.40000 to 318.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pendleian326.4 - 318.1United Kingdom (Scotland) A. caledoniae (174421)