Acratophorus

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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