Hypsiops Temporal range: Late
Oligocene
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Hypsiops breviceps | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | † Merycoidodontidae |
Genus: | †
Hypsiops Schultz and Falkenbach (1950) |
Species | |
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Hypsiops is an extinct genus of oreodont of the family Merycoidodontidae endemic to North America. They lived during the Late Oligocene to Early Miocene epochs, 20.4—16.0 mya, existing for approximately 4 million years. [1] Fossils have been uncovered throughout the western U.S. in Oregon, Montana, Wyoming, and Nebraska.