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{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}
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| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|37|34}} Late [[Earth:Eocene|Eocene]]
| taxon = Aclistomycter
| authority = Wilson 1971
| parent_authority = Lander 1998
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 
* ''Aclistomycter middletoni'' Wilson 1971
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'''''Aclistomycter''''' is an extinct [[Biology:Genus|genus]] of oreodont. It lived during the early [[Earth:Chadronian|Chadronian]] subepoch 37.2—33.9 mya, existing for approximately {{Mya|37-34|million years}}.<ref>[http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=taxonInfo&taxon_no=42489 ''Aclistomycter'' at fossilworks]</ref> from the Chambers Tuff Formation near Adobe Springs in Presidio County, Texas.

''Aclistomycter'' was a very small [[Earth:Herbivore|herbivorous]] [[Biology:Artiodactyl|artiodactyl]] with a short face, small, but tusk-like canine teeth.{{cn|date = April 2019}} 

==Diagnosis==
The type specimen consists of a skull and jaws. 

Generic characters assigned by Wilson (1970):
* Medium small merycoidodontid with very large and deep, probably perforated, antorbital fossae.
* Brachycephalic.
* Posterior part of skull extended.
* Molar teeth with thick enamel and deep fossettes.
* Posterior base of zygomatic processes wide, making the skull broad posteriorly.
* Bullae thought to be inflated (though the bullae are not exposed in the figures of the type specimen illustrated by Wilson).

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