Paroreodon ("near hill tooth" or "near Oreodon") is an extinct genus of oreodont of the family Merycoidodontidae, subfamily Merycoidodontinae, endemic to North America during the Oligocene-Miocene subepochs (30.8—20.6 mya), existing for approximately .PaleoBiology Database: Paroreodon, basic info
Taxonomy Paroreodon was named by Thorpe (1921). Its type is Paroreodon marshi. It was synonymized subjectively with Oreodontoides by Schultz and Falkenbach in 1947 and assigned to Merycoidodontidae by Thorpe (1921) and Lander (1998).F. B. Loomis. 1920. American Journal of ScienceB. Lander. 1998. Oreodontoidea. In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America 402-425C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1947. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 88
Fossil distribution Wheeler County, Oregon.
Species Paroredon parvus (synonymized with Oreodontoides stocki, Paroredon marshi)
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