Acratophorus

Ak-rat-o-for-us.

By Benjamin Gutierrez

Published on November 29, 2011

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Name

Acratophorus.

Phonetic

Ak-rat-o-for-us.

Named By

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Dicynodontia,‭ ‬Kannemeyeriiformes,‭ ‬Kannemeyeriidae.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

K.‭ ‬argentinensis‭

Size

Unavailable.

Known locations

Argentina‭ ‬-‭ ‬Quebrada Formation.

Time Period

Mid Triassic.

Fossil representation

Partial remains.

In Depth

Acratophorus is a genus of dicynodont therapsid that lived in South America during the Triassic.

Further reading

-‭ ‬Sobre nuevos terapsidos Triasicos hallados en el centro de la Provincia de Mendoza,‭ ‬Argentina.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Acta Geologica Lilloana‭ (‬8‭)‬:‭ ‬91‭–‬100.‭ ‬-‭ ‬J.‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Bonaparte‭ ‬-‭ ‬1966.

-‭ ‬Una nueva‭ “‬fauna‭” ‬Triasica de Argentina‭ (‬Therapsida:‭ ‬Cynodontia Dicynodontia‭)‬.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Consideraciones filogeneticas y paleobiogeograficas.‭ ‬-‭ ‬J.‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Bonaparte‭ ‬-‭ ‬1966.

-‭ ‬Dicynodonts‭ (‬Therapsida:‭ ‬Anomodontia‭) ‬of South America.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of South American Earth Sciences.‭ ‬108:‭ ‬103171.‭ ‬-‭ ‬C.‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Kammerer‭ & ‬M.‭ ‬D.‭ ‬Ordo�ez‭ ‬-‭ ‬2021.