Oreodontoides

Oreodontoides
Temporal range:
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: †Merycoidodontidae
Genus: †
Thorpe (1923)
Species

Oreodontoides oregonensis

Oreodontoides is an extinct genus of oreodont of the family Merycoidodontidae endemic to North America. It lived during the Late Oligocene to Early Miocene (24.8—20.4 mya), existing for approximately 5 million years.[1] Fossils have been uncovered throughout the western U.S. including at sites in Oregon, Wyoming, and South Dakota.

References

  1. ^ "Oreodontoides". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks.


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