Limnenetes
Limnenetes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | †Merycoidodontidae |
Genus: | †Limnenetes |
Type species | |
Limnenetes platyceps | |
Species | |
L. platyceps |
Limnenetes is an extinct genus of oreodont, endemic to North America. They lived during the Late Eocene 37.2—33.9 mya, existing for approximately 3 million years.[1] Fossils have been uncovered in Montana and Texas.
Limnenetes was a herbivore with a heavy body, long tail, short feet, and four-toed hooves.[citation needed]
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Categories:
- Oreodonts
- Eocene even-toed ungulates
- Oligocene even-toed ungulates
- Rupelian genus extinctions
- Prehistoric mammals of North America
- Prehistoric even-toed ungulate genera