Oreodontoides
Appearance
Oreodontoides Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | †Merycoidodontidae |
Genus: | †Oreodontoides 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
[edit]- ^ "Oreodontoides". www.fossilworks.org. Fossilworks.