Vinceria Explained

Vinceria is an extinct genus of kannemeyeriiform dicynodont in the family Shansiodontidae.^[1] Fossils of the genus have been found in the Anisian Cerro de las Cabras Formation and Carnian Río Seco de la Quebrada Formation of Argentina.^[2] One species, V. argentinensis, named in 1966, was moved to its own genus, Acratophorus, in 2021.^[3] Another species, V. vieja, was merged with Acratophorus argentinensis in 2021, leaving V. andina as the only species in the genus.

External links

• The main groups of non-mammalian synapsids at Mikko's Phylogeny Archive

Notes and References

1. J. F. Bonaparte. (1969). Dos nuevas "faunas" de reptiles triásicos de Argentina [Two new reptilian "faunas" of the Argentine Triassic]. Gondwana Stratigraphy (IUGS Symposium, Buenos Aires) 2:283-306
2. 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 .
3. Kammerer . C. F. . Ordoñez . M. D. . Dicynodonts (Therapsida: Anomodontia) of South America . 2021 . . 108 . 103171 . 10.1016/j.jsames.2021.103171. 2021JSAES.10803171K . 233565963 .