Achaenodon

Achaenodon
Temporal range: Mid-to-Upper Eocene
Reconstruction of the skull of Achaenodon robustus
Scientific 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.

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