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Trematopidae

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Trematopidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Trematopsidae Williston p. 278
1919Achelomidae Watson p. 65
1919Trematopsidae Watson p. 65
1946Achelomidae Kuhn p. 52
1946Trematopsidae Kuhn p. 52
1988Trematopsidae Carroll
1998Trematopidae Sumida et al. p. 610
2000Trematopidae Yates and Warren pp. 84, 86 fig. 1
2005Trematopidae Martens et al.
2008Trematopidae Anderson et al. p. 70 fig. 9
2011Trematopidae Bourget and Anderson p. 45
2011Trematopidae Polley and Reisz p. 792
2013Trematopidae Schoch
2014Trematopidae Schoch and Milner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Dissorophoidea()
—Xerodromes
—Olsoniformes
familyTrematopidae()
familyTrematopidae()

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. †Trematopidae Williston 1910
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G. †Acheloma Cope 1882
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†Acheloma cryptatheria Osterling Arias et al. 2024
†Acheloma cumminsi Cope 1882
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Invalid names: Acheloma dunni Polley and Reisz 2011 [synonym], Trematops milleri Williston 1909 [synonym]
Invalid names: Trematops Williston 1909 [objective synonym]
G. †Actiobates Eaton 1973
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†Actiobates peabodyi Schoch and Milner 2014
G. †Anconastes Berman et al. 1987
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†Anconastes vesperus Berman et al. 1987
G. †Ecolsonia Vaughn 1969
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†Ecolsonia cutlerensis Vaughn 1969
G. †Fedexia Berman et al. 2010
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†Fedexia striegeli Berman et al. 2010
G. †Mordex Steen 1938
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†Mordex calliprepes Steen 1938
G. †Phonerpeton Dilkes 1990
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†Phonerpeton pricei Olson 1941
†Phonerpeton whitei Olson 1941
G. †Rotaryus Berman et al. 2011
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†Rotaryus gothae Berman et al. 2011
G. †Tambachia Sumida et al. 1998
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†Tambachia trogallas Sumida et al. 1998
Invalid names: Achelomidae Watson 1919 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
B. P. Polley and R. R. Reisz 2011The clade consisting of Acheloma cumminsi and all other taxa that share a more recent common ancestor with Ach. cumminsi than with Dissorophus.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: ground dwellinguc
Diet: carnivoreuc
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2011-01-30 12:48:41
Modified: 2011-01-29 19:48:41
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Reisz et al. 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Westphalian D to the top of the Kungurian or 309.80000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.4Czechia (Pilsen) Mordex calliprepes (84835)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) Actiobates peabodyi (80784)
Missourian - Gzhelian306.0 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Anconastes vesperus (12943)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Pennsylvania) Fedexia striegeli (179596)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Germany (Thuringia) Tambachia trogallas, T. new sp. (80112)
Wolfcampian298.9 - 286.0USA (New Mexico) Ecolsonia cutlerensis (171346 180106 180107)
Wolfcampian298.9 - 286.0USA (Texas) Acheloma cumminsi, Acheloma pricei (79162)
Permian298.9 - 251.902USA (Oklahoma) Acheloma sp. (221391 221392)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Oklahoma) Trematopsidae indet., Acheloma cumminsi, Acheloma dunni, Acheloma cryptatheria (67862)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Texas) Acheloma whitei (28145) Trematops sp. (22668)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Acheloma sp. (28256) Trematops milleri (28267)