8.75" Partial Oreodont (Eporeodon) Upper Skull - South Dakota

Partial Oreodont (Eporeodon) Upper Skull - South Dakota #270116

This is a 8.75" long, partial upper skull of an oreodont (Eporeodon major). It was collected from the White River Formation in Pennington County, South Dakota and would be approximately 30-35 million years old.

There are multiple repaired cracks through this specimen.

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.

$275

SPECIES

Eporeodon major

AGE

Oligocene (30 - 35 Million Years)