Aceroryctes

Aceroryctes Temporal range: 54.4–54.1  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ early Eocene
lower jaw fragment of Aceroryctes dulcis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Placentalia (?)
Order:	† Palaeoryctida
Family:	† Palaeoryctidae
Genus:	† Aceroryctes Rankin & Holroyd, 2014 [1]
Type species
†Aceroryctes dulcis Rankin & Holroyd, 2014 [1]

Aceroryctes ("bitter digger") ^[1] is an extinct genus of mammals from family Palaeoryctidae, that lived in North America during the early Eocene. Type species Aceroryctes dulcis is known from the Wasatch Formation of Wyoming. ^[1]

References

1. Rankin, Brian D.; Holroyd, Patricia A. (7 November 2014). Sues, Hans-Dieter (ed.). "Aceroryctes dulcis, a new palaeoryctid (Mammalia, Eutheria) from the early Eocene of the Wasatch Formation of southwestern Wyoming, USA" . Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences . 51 (10): 919–926. doi:10.1139/cjes-2014-0101. ISSN   0008-4077 . Retrieved 3 June 2025– via Canadian Science Publishing.