5.1" Unprepared Oreodont (Merycoidodon) Partial Upper Skull

Unprepared Oreodont (Merycoidodon) Partial Upper Skull #285666

This is a partial upper skull of an oreodont (Merycoidodon sp.) from the oligocene-aged Brule Formation (White River Badlands Group) of Souix County, South Dakota. It's quite crushed and much of the rock has been left around the specimen.

Comes with an acrylic display stand to assist with presentation.

Artist's reconstruction of Merycoidodon. By Nobu Tamura (http://spinops.blogspot.com) Creative Commons License

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.

SPECIES

Merycoidodon sp.

AGE

Oligocene (30 - 33 Million Years)