Aclistomycter

Aclistomycter
Temporal range: 37–34 Ma
Late Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Merycoidodontidae
Subfamily: Aclistomycterinae
Lander 1998
Genus: Aclistomycter
Wilson 1971
Species
  • Aclistomycter middletoni Wilson 1971

Aclistomycter is an extinct genus of oreodont. It lived during the early Chadronian subepoch 37.2—33.9 mya, existing for approximately 3 million years.[1] from the Chambers Tuff Formation near Adobe Springs in Presidio County, Texas.

Aclistomycter was a very small herbivorous artiodactyl with a short face, small, but tusk-like canine teeth.[citation needed]

Diagnosis

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The type specimen consists of a skull and jaws.

Generic characters assigned by Wilson (1970):

  • Medium small merycoidodontid with very large and deep, probably perforated, antorbital fossae.
  • Brachycephalic.
  • Posterior part of skull extended.
  • Molar teeth with thick enamel and deep fossettes.
  • Posterior base of zygomatic processes wide, making the skull broad posteriorly.
  • Bullae thought to be inflated (though the bullae are not exposed in the figures of the type specimen illustrated by Wilson).

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