Acheronodon

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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Acheronodon | status = Conservation status: Fossil | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Mammalia | ordo = Multituberculata | familia = Microcosmodontidae | genus = Acheronodon | species = A. garbani | binomial = Acheronodon garbani | binomial_authority = Archibald J.D., 1982 }}

Acheronodon is a genus of mammal from the Paleocene of North America. It is a member of the extinct order Multituberculata and lies within the suborder Cimolodonta, and the family Microcosmodontidae.

The species Acheronodon garbani is known from fossils found in the Puercan (Paleocene)-age formations of Tullock Formation in Montana (USA) and possible specimens from the Porcupine Hills in Alberta, Canada. The holotype was found in Montana.

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References

  • Archibald (1982), "A study of Mammalia and geology across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in Garfield County, Montana." Univ. Calif. Publ. Geol. Sci. 122, p.1-286.
  • Kielan-Jaworowska Z & Hurum JH (2001), "Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals." Paleontology 44, p.389-429.
  • Much of this information has been derived from [1] MESOZOIC MAMMALS; Eucosmodontidae, Microcosmodontidae and Taeniolabidoidea, an Internet directory.
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