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{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}
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| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|35|5}} Late [[Eocene]]
| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|37|34}} Late [[Eocene]]
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| taxon = Aclistomycter
| authority = Wilson 1971
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| parent_authority = Lander 1998
| classis = [[Mammal]]ia
| ordo = [[Artiodactyla]]
| subordo = [[Tylopoda]]
| familia = †[[Merycoidodontidae]]
| genus = '''''Aclistomycter'''''
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* ''A. middletoni''
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'''''Aclistomycter''''' is an extinct [[genus]] of [[oreodont]] during the early [[Chadronian]] subepoch (42—39.9 [[Annum|mya]], Late Eocene) existing for approximately {{Mya|42-39.9|million years}} <ref>[http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=42489&is_real_user=1 PaleoBiology Database: ''Aclistomycter'', basic info]</ref> from the Chambers Tuff Formation near Adobe Springs in Presidio County, Texas.


'''''Aclistomycter''''' is an extinct [[genus]] of [[oreodont]]. It lived during the early [[Chadronian]] subepoch 37.2—33.9 [[Annum|mya]], existing for approximately {{Mya|37-34|million years}}.<ref>[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42489 ''Aclistomycter'' at fossilworks]</ref> from the Chambers Tuff Formation near Adobe Springs in Presidio County, Texas.
''Aclistomycter'' was a very small [[herbivore|herbivorous]] [[artiodactyl]] with a short face, small, but tusk-like [[canine teeth]]. The type specimen (TMM 41213-1) consists of a skull and jaws and two other specimens are referred to it: TMM 41216-11, skull with C-M^3; TMM 41211-9, skull fragment with M^1-M^3.

''Aclistomycter'' was a very small [[herbivore|herbivorous]] [[artiodactyl]] with a short face, small, but tusk-like [[canine teeth]].{{cn|date = April 2019}}


==Diagnosis==
==Diagnosis==
The type specimen consists of a skull and jaws.


Generic characters assigned by Wilson (1970):
Generic characters assigned by Wilson (1970):
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* Bullae thought to be inflated (though the bullae are not exposed in the figures of the type specimen illustrated by Wilson).
* Bullae thought to be inflated (though the bullae are not exposed in the figures of the type specimen illustrated by Wilson).


==Taxonomy==
''Aclistomycter'' was named and assigned to Merycoidodontidae and the Merycoidodontinae by Wilson (1971). But Lander (1998) erected a new subfamily for it, the Aclistomycterinae. <ref>J. A. Wilson. 1971. Early Tertiary vertebrate faunas, Vieja Group. Trans-Pecos Texas: Agriochoeridae and Merycoidodontidae. Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin</ref><ref>B. Lander. 1998. Oreodontoidea. In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America 402-425</ref> Wilson recognized it was more primitive than ''Leptauchenia'' and Lander placed it as more derived than the bathygenines but basal to leptaucheniines and other more derived merycoidodontids.

==Morphology==
A single specimen was examined by M. Mendoza for [[body mass]] and estimated to have a weight of 87.9 kg (193.7 lbs). <ref>M. Mendoza, C. M. Janis, and P. Palmqvist. 2006. Estimating the body mass of extinct ungulates: a study on the use of multiple regression. Journal of Zoology</ref>
==Resources==
==Resources==
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[[Category:Eocene even-toed ungulates]]


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[[Category:Eocene Artiodactyla]]
[[Category:Eocene mammals of North America]]
[[Category:Eocene mammals of North America]]
[[Category:Prehistoric Artiodactyla genera]]

Latest revision as of 06:15, 18 November 2024

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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