Acheronodon Archibald 1982 (multituberculate)

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Microcosmodontidae

Full reference: J. D. Archibald. 1982. A study of Mammalia and geology across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in Garfield County, Montana. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 122:1-286

Parent taxon: Microcosmodontidae according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska and J. H. Hurum 2001

See also Archibald 1982 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Allocosmodon, Alopocosmodon, Microcosmodon, Pentacosmodon

Subtaxa: Acheronodon garbani

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Type: Acheronodon garbani

Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Canada (2: Alberta collections), United States (1: Montana)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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