4.5" Fossil Oreodont (Merycoidodon) Partial Skull - South Dakota

Fossil Oreodont (Merycoidodon) Partial Skull - South Dakota #285660

This is a partial skull of an oreodont (Merycoidodon culbertsoni) from the oligocene-aged Brule Formation (White River Badlands Group) of Souix County, South Dakota. The skull is approximately 65% complete.

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.

$249

SPECIES

Merycoidodon culbertsoni

AGE

Oligocene (30 - 33 Million Years)