Oreonetes Loomis 1924 (oreodont)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae

Full reference: F. B. Loomis. 1924. The Oreodonts of the Lower Oligocene. Annals of Carnegie Museum 15:369-378

Parent taxon: Oreonetinae according to M. S. Stevens and J. B. Stevens 2007

See also Lander 1998, Loomis 1924, McKenna and Bell 1997, Schultz and Falkenbach 1956, Scott 1940 and Thorpe 1937

Sister taxon: Bathygenys

Subtaxa: Oreonetes anceps Oreonetes douglassi

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Type: Limnenetes anceps

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (4: Montana collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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