Acheloma

Acheloma
Temporal range: Early Permian, 279.5–272.5 Ma
Skeletal mount of A. cumminsi, Field Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Temnospondyli
Family: †Trematopidae
Genus: †Acheloma
Cope, 1882
Species
  • A. cumminsi Cope, 1882
  • A. dunni Polley & Reisz, 2011
Synonyms

Trematops milleri Williston, 1909 Trematops thomasi Mehl, 1926 Trematops willistoni Olson, 1941 Trematops stonei Williston, 1970

Restoration of A. cumminsi

Acheloma (also known as Trematops milleri) is an extinct genus of temnospondyl that lived during the Early Permian.[1] The type species is A. cumminsi.

  1. ^ Reisz, Robert; Dilkes, David William (1987). "Trematops milleri Williston, 1909, identified as a junior synonym of Acheloma cumminsi Cope, 1882 : with a revision of the genus". American Museum Novitates (2902): 1–12. hdl:2246/5185.