Oreonetes

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title: "Oreonetes" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["oreodonts", "eocene-artiodactyla", "prehistoric-mammals-of-north-america", "prehistoric-artiodactyla-genera"] description: "Extinct genus of mammals" topic_path: "general/oreodonts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oreonetes" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Extinct genus of mammals ::

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Oreonetes is an extinct genus of oreodont endemic to North America from the Late Eocene 38.0—33.9 Ma living approximately .

Oreonetes was a very small browsing oreodont found in the forest undergrowth in the Western United States during the Late Eocene.

Taxonomy

Oreonetes was named by Loomis (1924). It is not extant. It was assigned to Merycoidodontidae by Loomis (1924) and Lander (1998).

Fossil distribution

Fossils are widespread through the western United States.

Species

O. anceps O. douglassi

Sister genera

Aclistomycter, Bathygenys, Brachycrus (syn. Pronomotherium), Desmatochoerus, Eporeodon (syn. Hypselochoerus, Pseudodesmatochoerus), Hypsiops (syn. Pseudomesoreodon, Submerycochoerus), Leptauchenia (syn. Brachymeryx, Cyclopidius, Hadroleptauchenia, Pithecistes, Pseudocyclopidius), Limnenetes, Mediochoerus, Merycoides (syn. Paramerychyus), Merycochoerus, Merycoidodon (syn. Blickohyus, Genetochoerus, Oreodon, Otionohyus, Paramerycoidodon, Prodesmatochoerus, Promesoreodon, Subdesmatochoerus), Mesoreodon, Miniochoerus (syn. Parastenopsochoerus, Platyochoerus, Stenopsochoerus), Oreodontoides, Paroreodon (syn. Epigenetochoerus), Phenacocoelus, Sespia (syn. Megasespia), Ticholeptus (syn. Poatrephes).

Resources

References

1. [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42506 PaleoBiology Database: ''Oreonetes'', basic info]
2. B. Lander. 1998. C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America 402-425
3. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372400702_Historical_Biology_Systematics_of_the_late_Eocene_'oreonetine'oreodonts_Merycoidodontidae_Artiodactyla_Systematics_of_the_late_Eocene'oreonetine'_oreodonts_Merycoidodontidae_Artiodactyla

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