Oreonetes douglassi Schultz and Falkenbach 1956 (oreodont)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae

Alternative combination: Oreonetes anceps douglassi

Full reference: C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1956. Miniochoerinae and Oreonetinae two new subfamilies of oreodonts. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 109(4):373-482

Belongs to Oreonetes according to M. S. Stevens and J. B. Stevens 2007

See also Riel 1963 and Schultz and Falkenbach 1956

Sister taxon: Oreonetes anceps

Type specimen: CMNH 11256, a partial skull

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Big Hole River (Eocene of Montana)

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