Acinacodus
Name:
Acinacodus.
Phonetic: Ah-sin-ah-soe-dus.
Named By: A. V. Lopatin, E. N. Maschenko
& A. O. Averianov - 2010.
Classification: Chordata, Mammalia,
Eutriconodonta, Amphidontidae.
Species: A. tagaricus
(type).
Diet: Insectivore?
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Russia - Ilek Formation.
Time period: Barremian/Aptian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Acinacodus was a genus of triconodont mammal from the early Cretaceous of Russia. The triconodonts were small mammals lived in a world dominated by the dinosaurs, and were likely hunted by some of them.
Further reading
- A new genus of triconodont mammals from the Early Cretaceous of
Western Siberia - A. V. Lopatin, E. N. Maschenko
& A. O. Averianov - 2010.
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