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Acrodenta irerhi

Reptilia - Captorhinidae

Taxonomy
Acrodenta irerhi was named by Dutuit (1976). Its type specimen is MNHN ARG 506 (formerly 69.Ir.I.JMD), a maxilla (fragment of right maxilla), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Irerhi village, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial sandstone/conglomerate in the Ikakern Formation of Morocco. It is the type species of Acrodenta.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Acrodenta irerhi Dutuit
1996Acrodenta irerhi Jalil and Dutuit p. 909 fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
familyCaptorhinidae
genusAcrodenta
speciesirerhi

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.

Acrodenta irerhi Dutuit 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticf
Composition 2: "sclero-protein"f
Architecture: compact or densef
Folds: minorf
Ribbing: minorf
Spines: nonef
Ontogeny: addition of partsf
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: herbivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Dispersal: direct/internalf
Dispersal 2: mobilef
Created: 2008-12-08 12:39:08
Modified: 2010-03-18 09:56:09
Source: f = family
Reference: Kissel et al. 2002

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Morocco (Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz) Acrodenta irerhi (type locality: 79588)