Genus: Arcantiodelphys VULLO,
GHERRBRANT MUIZON & NERAUDEAU, 2009
Etymology: Latin, the name of the Gallo-Roman domain from which the village
of Archingeay developed, and Greek, delphys, "opossum"; the term used for marsupials.
Species: marchandorum emend VULLO, GHERRBRANT MUIZON & NERAUDEAU,
2009
Etymology: In honor of Joseph Marchand, who sorted part of the material and
discovered the holotype, and the Marchand family, owner of the Font-de-Benon
quarry.
= Acantiodelphys marchandi VULLO, GHERRBRANT MUIZON & NERAUDEAU,
2009
Holotype: MNHN CCH4
Locality: Font-de-Benon Quarry, Archingeay-Les Nouillers, Charente-Maritime Province, southwestern France.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Cenomanian Stage, Upper Gallic Subepoch, Lowermost Gulf Epoch, Middle Cretaceous.
Material: Right upper (anterior?) molar, possibly an anterior one, with mesial part broken.
Referred material:
MNHN CCH1: Trigonid of left lower molar, m1.
MNHN CCH2: Talonid of right lower molar.
MNHN CCH3: Trigonid of right lower moloar, m2 or more posterior molar.