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Acratophorus argentinensis

Anomodontia - Kannemeyeriidae

Taxonomy
Acratophorus argentinensis was named by Kammerer and Ordoñez (2021). Its type specimen is PVL 3465, a partial skeleton (A laterally compressed and sheared partial skull , partial left mandible, and numerous postcranial elements.), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Acratophorus.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Kannemeyeria argentinensis Bonaparte
2001Vinceria argentinensis Renaut and Hancox
2012Vinceria vieja Domnanovich and Marsicano p. 180 figs. 7-10
2014Kannemeyeria argentinensis Ottone et al.
2021Acratophorus argentinensis Kammerer and Ordoñez

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
familyKannemeyeriidaeHuene 1948
genusAcratophorus
speciesargentinensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Acratophorus argentinensis Kammerer and Ordoñez 2021
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Invalid names: Vinceria argentinensis Bonaparte 1965 [objective synonym], Vinceria vieja Domnanovich and Marsicano 2012 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:33:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:33:45
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian - Carnian242.0 - 228.0Argentina (Mendoza) Vinceria sp. (105243)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Argentina (Mendoza) Kannemeyeria argentinensis, Vinceria vieja (98604)