Acratophorus argentinensis Kammerer and Ordoñez 2021 (dicynodont)

Osteichthyes - Dicynodontia - Kannemeyeriidae

Synonyms: Kannemeyeria argentinensis Bonaparte 1965 [objective synonym], Vinceria argentinensis Bonaparte 1965 [objective synonym], Vinceria vieja Domnanovich and Marsicano 2012 [objective synonym]

Full reference: C. F. Kammerer and M. A. Ordoñez. 2021. Dicynodonts (Therapsida: Anomodontia) of South America. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 108:103171

Belongs to Acratophorus according to C. F. Kammerer and M. A. Ordoñez 2021

See also Bonaparte 1966, Domnanovich and Marsicano 2012, Fröbisch 2009 and Ottone et al. 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Acratophorus argentinensis: PVL 3465, a partial skeleton (A laterally compressed and sheared partial skull , partial left mandible, and numerous postcranial elements.)
  • Vinceria argentinensis: PVL 3465, a skeleton. Its type locality is Puesto Viejo farm house, which is in a Carnian terrestrial horizon in the Rio Seco de la Quebrada Formation of Argentina.
  • Vinceria vieja: MACN 18.871, a partial skull. Its type locality is Puesto Viejo farm house, which is in a Carnian terrestrial horizon in the Rio Seco de la Quebrada Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Argentina (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences

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