| Oreodont - Promerycochoerus sp
Taxonomy: Class Mammalia, Order Artiodactyla, Suborder: Oreodonta,
Family Merycoidodontidae, Genus Promerycochoerus
Geological Time: Early Miocene
Size: 260 mm x 175 mm total height is 180 mm
Fossil Site: Bijou Hills, South Dakota
Item: AA001
Price: $1395.00
Remarks: Promerycochoerus, meaning, before ruminating hog, is an
extinct genus of oreodont artiodactyl that resembled a hippopotamus.
Promerycochoerus lived in central plains of North America during
the lower Miocene. It was a large mammal more than a meter long
that is thought to have been amphibious, due to its elongated,
barrel-shaped body with short limbs that are typical selection
adaptations of semi-aquatic mammals. This fine skull measuring
more than 10 inches long attests to the size of the Promerycochoerus. |
