Acherontiscus

Acherontiscus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: "Amphibia" (wide sense)
Subclass: Lepospondyli
Order: Adelospondyli
Family: Acherontiscidae
Carroll, 1969
Genus: Acherontiscus
Carroll, 1969
Type species
Acherontiscus caledoniae
Carroll, 1969

Acherontiscus is an extinct genus of lepospondyl amphibian that lived during the Carboniferous.[1] The type and only species is Acherontiscus caledoniae, named by paleontologist Robert Carroll in 1969.

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