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Aclistomycter

Extinct genus of mammals

Extinct genus of mammals

  • 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 . 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.

Diagnosis

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).

Resources

References

  1. [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42489 ''Aclistomycter'' at fossilworks]
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