Acratophorus argentinensis Temporal range: Middle Triassic,
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Life restoration of Acratophorus | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Suborder: | †Anomodontia |
Clade: | †Dicynodontia |
Infraorder: | †Dicynodontoidea |
Clade: | †Kannemeyeriiformes |
Genus: | †Acratophorus Kammerer & Ordoñez, 2021 |
Species: | †A. argentinensis
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Binomial name | |
†Acratophorus argentinensis (Bonaparte, 1966)
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Acratophorus is an extinct genus of dicynodont that lived during the Anisian age of the Middle Triassic-aged Río Seco de la Quebrada Formation in what is now Argentina.[1] The type species, A. argentinensis, was originally placed in the genus Kannemeyeria by Jose Bonaparte in 1966,[2][3] and later sometimes referred to Vinceria,[4] before being transferred to a new, distinct genus, Acratophorus, in 2021 by Christian Kammerer and Angi Ordoñez.[5] The species Vinceria vieja was also made a synonym of A. argentinensis in 2021.[6] The holotype is PVL 3645, a partial skeleton discovered near a farm house in Puesto Viejo.[1][5]