Bathygenys
| Bathygenys Temporal range: Oligocene
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | †Merycoidodontidae |
| Genus: | †Bathygenys Douglass 1902 |
| Type species | |
| †Bathygenys alpha | |
| Species | |
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Bathygenys is an extinct genus of oreodont of the family Merycoidodontidae, endemic to North America. It lived during the Early Oligocene 33.9—33.3 mya.[1] Fossils are widespread through the western United States.
Bathygenys was a herbivore with a heavy body, long tail, short feet, and four-toed hooves.[citation needed]
Resources
- ^ "Bathygenys basic info". PaleoBiology Database. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016.
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