Trematopidae | |
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Skeleton of Acheloma cumminsi in the Field Museum of Natural History. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Clade: | †Olsoniformes |
Family: |
†Trematopidae Williston, 1910 |
Genera | |
Acheloma |
Acheloma
Actiobates
Ecolsonia
Anconastes
Fedexia
Phonerpeton
Rotaryus
Tambachia
Trematopidae is a family of Temnospondyli. It was a diverse group that flourished in the Permian period, and was highly adapted to a terrestrial existence, possibly returning to water only to mate and/or lay eggs.