2.9" Partial, Fossil Oreodont Skull - South Dakota

Partial, Fossil Oreodont Skull - South Dakota #198219

This is a gorgeous, 2.9" long partial juvenile skull of Merycoidodon culbertsoni, an Oreodont. It was collected from the the Brule Formation in South Dakota and would be approximately 30-34 million years old. The bone preservation is amazing with visible sutures and nerve/blood vessel pathways still present. The molars and premolars remained intact, along with the canine teeth. There is no repair or restoration to this specimen.

It comes with an acrylic display stand.

Oreodonts are an extinct mammal most closely related to camels and pigs. They have no close relatives living today. They were herbivorous, with short faces and fang-like canine teeth. About the size of a sheep, they roamed the plains of North America in huge numbers during the Oligocene period.