Oromeryx plicatus Marsh 1894 (even-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Oromerycidae

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1894. Description of Tertiary artiodactyles. American Journal of Science 48(285):259-275

Belongs to Oromeryx according to C. L. Gazin 1955

See also Hay 1902 and Marsh 1894

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: YPM 14571, a partial skull (Right maxillary fragment with P* and the lingual portions of M^-M^ ; left maxillary fragment with M^ and the labial portion of M2). Its type locality is Mouth of White River, which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Uinta Formation of Utah.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (3: Utah collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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