Acheronodon

Taxobox
name = "Acheronodon"
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.

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 Eucosmodontidae, Microcosmodontidae and Taeniolabidoidea, an Internet directory.