Paroreodon

Extinct genus of mammals From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Paroreodon ("near hill tooth" or "near Oreodon") is an extinct genus of oreodont of the family Merycoidodontidae, subfamily Merycoidodontinae, endemic to North America during the Oligocene-Miocene subepochs (30.8—20.6 mya), existing for approximately 10.2 million years.[1]

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Family:†Merycoidodontidae
Quick facts Paroreodon Temporal range: Oligocene-Miocene, Scientific classification ...
Paroreodon
Temporal range: Oligocene-Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: †Merycoidodontidae
Genus: †Paroreodon
Thorpe (1923)
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Taxonomy

Paroreodon was named by Thorpe (1921). Its type is Paroreodon marshi. It was synonymized subjectively with Oreodontoides by Schultz and Falkenbach in 1947 and assigned to Merycoidodontidae by Thorpe (1921) and Lander (1998).[2][3][4]

Fossil distribution

Wheeler County, Oregon.

Species

Paroredon parvus (synonymized with Oreodontoides stocki, Paroredon marshi)

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