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Achaenodon ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4835218	https://www.gbif.org/species/4835218
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	42344	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42344

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Achaenodon

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Achaenodon

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
order	Ungulata
order	Artiodactyla	Owen 1848
-	Cetancodontamorpha	Spaulding et al. 2009
genus	Achaenodon	Cope 1873

Scientific Name

Achaenodon Cope, 1873

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Achaenodon	genus	belongs to Achaenodontinae	stated without evidence	Hay, 1902
Achaenodon	genus	belongs to Achaenodontidae	stated with evidence	Peterson, 1919
Achaenodon	genus	belongs to Helohyinae	stated without evidence	Gazin, 1955
Achaenodon	genus	belongs to Helohyinae	implied	Carroll, 1988
Achaenodon	genus	belongs to Helohyidae	stated without evidence	McKenna and Bell, 1997
Achaenodon	genus	belongs to Cetancodontamorpha	stated with evidence	Spaulding et al., 2009

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

46.2 - 40.4 Ma
Eocene

Last Recorded Appearance

40.4 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Artiodactyla)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

grazer, browser (based on Artiodactyla)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

E. D. Cope. 1873. Fourth notice of extinct Vertebrata from the Bridger and the Green River tertiaries. Palaeontological Bulletin 17:1-4

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Achaenodon fremdi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	40.4 Ma Eocene	40.4 Ma Eocene
Achaenodon insolens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	46.2 Ma Eocene	46.2 Ma Eocene
Achaenodon robustus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	7	46.2 Ma Eocene	46.2 Ma Eocene
Protelotherium uintense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	46.2 Ma Eocene	46.2 Ma Eocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1873	Archaenodon Cope p. 2
1895	Protelotherium Osborn
1902	Achaenodon Hay p. 654
1902	Protelotherium Hay p. 654
1919	Achaenodon Peterson p. 79
1955	Achaenodon Gazin
1988	Achaenodon Carroll
1997	Achaenodon McKenna and Bell p. 403
2009	Achaenodon Spaulding et al.

References

Cope E. D. Fourth notice of extinct Vertebrata from the Bridger and the Green River tertiaries, Palaeontological Bulletin 17, 1-4 doi:25 October 1873

Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868

Peterson O. A. (1919) Report Upon the Material Discovered in the Upper Eocene of the Uinta Basin by Earl Douglas in the Years 1908-1909, and by O. A. Peterson in 1912, Annals of Carnegie Museum 12 2, 40-168

Gazin C. L. (1955) A review of the Upper Eocene Artiodactyla of North America, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 128 8, 1-96

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640

Spaulding M., O'Leary M. A., et al (2009) Relationships of Cetacea (Artiodactyla) among mammals: Increased taxon sampling alters interpretations of key fossils and character evolution, PloS One 4 9, e7062

NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Ann. Rep. U.S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 1873 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

GBIF/Yale University Peabody Museum: Peabody Paleoportal DiGIR Service (VP) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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