Definition of Oreodont. Meaning of Oreodont. Synonyms of Oreodont

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Definition of Oreodont

Oreodont
Oreodont O"re*o*dont, a. (Paleon.) Resembling, or allied to, the genus Oreodon.

Meaning of Oreodont from wikipedia

- Merycoidodontoidea, previously known as "oreodonts" or "ruminating hogs,"[citation needed] are an extinct superfamily of prehistoric cud-chewing artiodactyls...
- types of mid-sized bear dogs. Promerycoc****us, a semiaquatic hippo-like oreodont. Daeodon, the largest Entelodont (giant pig-like ungulate). Stenomylus...
- entelodonts, and three-toed equids. As in the previous Oligocene Epoch, oreodonts were still diverse, only to disappear in the earliest Pliocene. During...
- Leptomeryx (Tragulid) Merycoidodon (Oreodont) Mesohippus (Horse) Metamynodon (Aquatic Rhino) Minioc****us (Oreodont) Poebrotherium (Camel) Subhyracodon...
- and horse all seeing po****tions recede. Three-toed horses (Nannippus), oreodonts, protoceratids, and chalicotheres became extinct. Borophagine dogs and...
- Eporeodon is an extinct genus of oreodont belonging to the family Merycoidontidae. It lived from the Oligocene epoch 30.8—24.8 mya) existing for approximately...
- use the antecedent genus Merycoidodon to refer to this Oligocene epoch oreodont, even though it was once widely known by the younger synonym of Oreodon...
- is known for the recovery of casts of the brain cavity (endocast) of oreodonts. When an animal dies and the soft tissues decay, sediments fill the ****s...
- hooved toes). It lived in the deserts of the Late Oligocene, alongside the oreodont Leptauchenia. Protoceras at fossilworks Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall...
- Minioc****us is an extinct genus of small oreodont endemic to North America. They lived during the Late Eocene to Early Oligocene 38–30.8 mya, existing...