Acherontiscus
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acherontiscus-0-4583688
title:
Acherontiscus
text:
Acherontiscus is an extinct genus of stegocephalians that lived in the Early Carboniferous of Scotland. The type and only species is Acherontiscus caledoniae, named by paleontologist Robert Carroll in 1969. Members of this genus have an unusual combination of features which makes their placement within amphibian-grade tetrapods uncertain. They possess multi-bone vertebrae similar to those of embolomeres, but also a skull similar to lepospondyls. The only known specimen of Acherontiscus possessed
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encyclopedia
description:
Extinct genus of amphibians
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acherontiscus
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date modified:
2024-01-30T02:59:34Z
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