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Oromerycidae

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Oromerycids were very similar to early members of other tylopod families, but they lack the specializations of those families, such as the bony protuberances on the
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teeth and gracile limbs. In fact, oromerycids show only a few specializations that distinguish them from other tylopods, the most notable being fusion of the
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Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America. Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike Mammals.
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as a subfamily, Oromerycinae, but most have favored placement in a distinct family, albeit a closely related one.
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of protoceratids or the strongly elongated limbs of camels. Like other tylopods, oromerycids had
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Prothero, D.R., 1998. Oromerycidae. pp. 426–430
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Eotylopus
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Artiodactyla
Cameloidea
Oromerycidae
Eotylopus
Malaquiferus
Merycobunodon
Montanatylopus
Oromeryx
Protylopus
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