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Actiobates fossil map

Where fossils of Actiobates have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 300 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 300 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

GroupEarly tetrapods & amphibians
Lived306–303.7 million years ago (Kasimovian)
PeriodsCarboniferous
FamilyTrematopidae
Named byEaton 1973
Fossil records1 occurrences at 1 locations (PBDB)
Found inUnited States
Rock formationsStanton

About Actiobates

Actiobates is an extinct genus of trematopid temnospondyl that lived during the Late Carboniferous. It is known from the Garnett Quarry in Kansas.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Actiobates (revision 1305472978), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q4677029.

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