2.22" Fossil Early Ungulate (Gelocus?) Jaw - France

Fossil Early Ungulate (Gelocus?) Jaw - France #218473

This is a 2.22" wide portion of the jaw section (mandible) from a Miocene ungulate (Gelocus?). The tooth morphology appears representative of the genus, however identification is unclear. The bone contains 4 well preserved teeth.

Gelocus was an early genus of the extinct ungulate family Gelocidae. The gelocids were small-to-mid sized herbivorous grazers with deer-like morphology. They were ruminant artiodactyls, in the same group as modern deer and giraffes. They had long legs and lacked horns or antlers, unlike most of their modern relatives.