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Aclistomycter; Temporal range: 37–34 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Late Eocene
Scientific 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;

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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

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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+{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}
-{{Taxobox
+{{Automatic Taxobox
-| name = ''Aclistomycter''
 | image =
-|image_caption=
+| image_caption=
-| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|35|5}} Late [[Eocene]]
+| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|37|34}} Late [[Eocene]]
-| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
+| taxon = Aclistomycter
+| authority = Wilson 1971
-| phylum = [[Chordata]]
+| parent_authority = Lander 1998
-| classis = [[Mammal]]ia
-| ordo = [[Artiodactyla]]
-| subordo = [[Tylopoda]]
-| familia = †[[Merycoidodontidae]]
-| subfamilia = †Aclistomycterinae Lander 1998
-| genus = '''''Aclistomycter''''' Wilson 1970
 | subdivision_ranks = Species
 | subdivision =
-* ''A. middletoni'' Wilson 1970
+* ''Aclistomycter middletoni'' Wilson 1971
 |
 }}
-'''''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==
+The type specimen consists of a skull and jaws.
 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).
-==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==
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+{{Reflist}}
+{{Taxonbar|from=Q4674330}}
-[[Category:Oreodonts| ]]
-[[Category:Eocene even-toed ungulates]]
+[[Category:Oreodonts| ]]
+[[Category:Eocene Artiodactyla]]
 [[Category:Eocene mammals of North America]]
+[[Category:Prehistoric Artiodactyla genera]]