Acinacodus
Acinacodus Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Eutriconodonta |
Family: | †Amphidontidae |
Genus: | †Acinacodus Lopatin, Maschenko & Averianov, 2010 |
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Acinacodus is an extinct genus of amphidontid "eutriconodont" which existed in Shestakovo 1 locality in Western Siberia, Russia during the early Cretaceous period.[1] It was described by A. V. Lopatin, E. N. Maschenko and A. O. Averianov in 2010, and the type species is Acinacodus tagaricus.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b A. V. Lopatin; E. N. Maschenko & A. O. Averianov (2010). "A new genus of triconodont mammals from the Early Cretaceous of Western Siberia". Doklady Biological Sciences. 433 (1): 282–285. doi:10.1134/S0012496610040137. PMID 20711878.
Categories:
- Fossil taxa described in 2010
- Eutriconodonts
- Extinct animals of Russia
- Prehistoric mammal genera
- Cretaceous mammal stubs