.8" Fossil Oreodont (Merycoidodon) Molar - South Dakota

Fossil Oreodont (Merycoidodon) Molar - South Dakota #300258

This is a .8" long molar from Merycoidodon culbertsoni, an oreodont from the White River Formation of Pennington County, South Dakota.

Comes with an acrylic display case.

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.