6.7" Oreodont (Merycoidodon) Partial Skull - Wyoming

This is a 6.7" long partial skull of Merycoidodon, an Oreodont. It was collected from the the Brule Formation in Wyoming and would be approximately 32-34 million years old. While there may be a few small crack repairs and stabilized areas, there has been no restoration done to the skull. One of the canine teeth and one orbit are missing.

Oreodonts (the common name for Merycoidodontoidea) are extinct mammals most closely related to camels and pigs, though they have no close relatives living today. They were herbivorous animals 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.