Name:
Acratophorus.
Phonetic: Ak-rat-o-for-us.
Named By: C. F. Kammerer & M. D.
Ordo�ez - 2021.
Synonyms: Kannemeyeria argentinensis,
Vinceria argentinensis, Vinceria vieja.
Classification: Chordata, Therapsida,
Dicynodontia, Kannemeyeriiformes, Kannemeyeriidae.
Species: K. argentinensis
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Argentina - Quebrada Formation.
Time period: Mid Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Acratophorus
is a genus of dicynodont therapsid
that lived in South America during the
Triassic.
Further reading
- Sobre nuevos terapsidos Triasicos hallados en el centro de la
Provincia de Mendoza, Argentina. - Acta Geologica Lilloana
(8): 91–100. - J. F. Bonaparte - 1966.
- Una nueva "fauna" Triasica de Argentina (Therapsida:
Cynodontia Dicynodontia). - Consideraciones filogeneticas y
paleobiogeograficas. - J. F. Bonaparte - 1966.
- Dicynodonts (Therapsida: Anomodontia) of South America. -
Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 108: 103171. - C.
F. Kammerer & M. D. Ordo�ez - 2021.
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