Acrodenta


Acrodenta is an extinct genus of Late Permian captorhinid known from Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz of Morocco.

Description

Acrodenta is known from the holotype MNHN ARG 506, formerly 69.Ir.1.JMD, a fragment of right maxilla. It was collected in the Douar of Irerhi locality from the Argana Formation of the Argana Basin, dating to the early-middle Wuchiapingian stage of the early Lopingian Series, about 260.5-255 million years ago.

Etymology

Acrodenta was first named by Jean-Michel Dutuit in 1976 and the type species is Acrodenta irerhi. The name of a [biological genus|generic name] is derived from the Greek acra and denta, meaning is "high teeth". The specific name is named after its finding place Douar of Irerhi.