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Acratocnus

Mammalia - Megalonychidae

Taxonomy
Acratocnus was named by Anthony (1916). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Acratocnini by White and MacPhee (2001); to Megalonychidae by Gaudin (1995) and Pujos et al. (2007); and to Choloepodinae by Varela et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Acratocnus Anthony
1995Acratocnus Gaudin
2001Acratocnus White and MacPhee
2007Acratocnus Pujos et al.
2019Acratocnus Varela et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
infraorderPilosaFlower 1883
—Folivora
classEufolivoraDelsuc et al. 2001
superfamilyMegatherioideaGray 1821
familyMegalonychidaeGervais 1855
subfamilyCholoepodinaeMacPhee 2001
genusAcratocnusAnthony 1916

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.

G. †Acratocnus Anthony 1916
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†Acratocnus antillensis Matthew 1931
†Acratocnus odontrigonus Anthony 1916
†Acratocnus ye MacPhee et al. 2001
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:30:05
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Puerto Rico A. odontrigonus (78300)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Cuba Miocnus antillensis (37704)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Dominican Republic (Pedernales) A. sp. (186695 186696 186697)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Cuba (Artemisa) Miocnus antillensis (195083)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Dominican Republic (La Altagracia) A. sp. (232040)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Cuba (Mayabeque) A. sp., Miocnus antillensis (153777)