Acratophorus argentinensis explained

Acratophorus is an extinct genus of dicynodont that lived during the Anisian age of the Middle Triassic-aged Río Seco de la Quebrada Formation in what is now Argentina.^[1] The type species, A. argentinensis, was originally placed in the genus Kannemeyeria by Jose Bonaparte in 1966,^{[2] [3]} and later sometimes referred to Vinceria,^[4] before being transferred to a new, distinct genus, Acratophorus, in 2021 by Christian Kammerer and Angi Ordoñez.^[5] The species Vinceria vieja was also made a synonym of A. argentinensis in 2021.^[6] The holotype is PVL 3645, a partial skeleton discovered near a farm house in Puesto Viejo.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Vinceria argentinensis . Fossilworks . 17 December 2021.
2. Bonaparte. . J. F. . 1966 . Sobre nuevos terapsidos Triasicos hallados en el centro de la Provincia de Mendoza, Argentina . Acta Geologica Lilloana . 8 . 91–100.
3. Bonaparte . J. F. . 1966 . Una nueva "fauna" Triasica de Argentina (Therapsida: Cynodontia Dicynodontia). Consideraciones filogeneticas y paleobiogeograficas . . 4 . 8 . 243–296.
4. Fröbisch . J. . 2009 . Composition and similarity of global anomodont-bearing tetrapod faunas . Earth-Science Reviews . 95 . 3–4 . 119–157 . 10.1016/j.earscirev.2009.04.001 . 2009ESRv...95..119F .
5. Kammerer . C. F. . Ordoñez . M. D. . Dicynodonts (Therapsida: Anomodontia) of South America . 2021 . . 108 . 103171 . 10.1016/j.jsames.2021.103171. 2021JSAES.10803171K . 233565963 .
6. Domnanovich . N.S. . Marsicano . C.A. . 2012 . The Triassic dicynodont Vinceria (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from Argentina and a discussion on basal Kannemeyeriiformes . . 45 . 2 . 173–186 . 10.1016/j.geobios.2011.03.003 . 2012Geobi..45..173D .