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ACINACODUS
(ah-sin-ah-soe-dus)
Named By: A. V. Lopatin, E. N. Maschenko & A. O. Averianov in 2010
Time Period: Lower Cretaceous
Location: Russia - Ilek Formation
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Insectivore
Fossil(s): Partial remains
Classification: | Chordata | Mammalia | Eutriconodonta | Amphidontidae |
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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. It was described by A. V. Lopatin, E. N. Maschenko and A. O. Averianov in 2010, and the type species is Acinacodus tagaricus.

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