Achaenodon

Achaenodon
Temporal range: Mid-to-Upper Eocene
Reconstruction of the skull of Achaenodon robustus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: †Helohyidae
Genus: †Achaenodon
Cope, 1873
Type species
†Achaenodon insolens
Cope, 1873
Other species
  • A. robustus Osborn, 1883
  • A. uintense Osborn, 1895
  • A. fremdi Lucas et al. 2004

Achaenodon is an extinct artiodactyl mammal, possibly belonging to the family Helohyidae. It lived in the mid-late Eocene (about 43-39 million years ago) and its fossil remains have been found in North America.[1]

  1. ^ "Achaenodon (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the Eocene Clarno Formation, Oregon, and the age of the Hancock quarry local fauna | Celebrating New Mexico Statehood". nmstatehood.unm.edu.