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Acheronodon garbani

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Microcosmodontidae

Taxonomy
Acheronodon garbani was named by Archibald (1982) [genotype]. Its type specimen is UCMP V-116953, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Worm Coulee 1, which is in a Puercan coarse channel fill sandstone in the Fort Union Formation of Montana. It is the type species of Acheronodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Acheronodon garbani Archibald p. 68

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
suborderCimolodonta()
familyMicrocosmodontidaeHoltzman and Wolberg 1977
genusAcheronodon
speciesgarbani

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Acheronodon garbani Archibald 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2005-09-01 17:42:57
Modified: 2005-09-01 19:42:57
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Jenkins and Krause 1983, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Puercan or 66.00000 to 63.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Montana) Acheronodon garbani (type locality: 14798)