Oreodontoides
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | †Merycoidodontidae |
| Genus: | †Oreodontoides Thorpe (1923) |
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Oreodontoides oregonensis | |
Oreodontoides is an extinct genus of oreodont of the family Merycoidodontidae endemic to North America. It lived during the Late Oligocene to Early Miocene (24.8—20.4 mya), existing for approximately 5 million years.[1] Fossils have been uncovered throughout the western U.S. including at sites in Oregon, Wyoming, and South Dakota.
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- Oreodonts
- Prehistoric mammals of North America
- Oligocene even-toed ungulates
- Miocene even-toed ungulates
- Aquitanian genus extinctions
- Chattian genus first appearances
- Prehistoric even-toed ungulate genera
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