Acheloma
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Genus
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of temnospondyl that lived during the Early Permian. The type species
Type species
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is A. cumminsi. Trematops milleri has been synonymized
Synonym (taxonomy)
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with Acheloma. Like other trematopids, Acheloma was a large terrestrial carnivore. One species, A. dunni, may have been the top predator of the diverse Richards Spur assemblage in Oklahoma
Oklahoma
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