5.8" Fossil Oreodont (Merycoidodon) Partial Upper Skull - South Dakota

Fossil Oreodont (Merycoidodon) Partial Upper Skull - South Dakota #285669

This is a partial upper skull of an oreodont (Merycoidodon culbertsoni) from the oligocene-aged Brule Formation (White River Badlands Group) of Souix County, South Dakota. Many of the teeth remained intact on this 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.

$145

SPECIES

Merycoidodon culbertsoni

AGE

Oligocene (30 - 33 Million Years)