See also:

• OREODON (i.e. " hillock-tooth ")

OREODON (i.e. " hillock-tooth ")  , the name of an Oligocene genus of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• PRIMITIVE

primitive ruminants related to the camels, and typifying the See also:

• FAMILY

family Oreodontidae . Typical oreodonts were See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long-tailed, four-toed, partially plantigrade ruminants with See also:

• SHARP, GRANVILLE (1735-1813)
• SHARP, JAMES (1618-1679)
• SHARP, JOHN (1645-1714)
• SHARP, RICHARD (1759-1835)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1749-1824)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1856-1905)

sharp-crowned crescentic molars, of which the upper ones carry four cusps, and the first See also:

• LOWER

lower premolar canine-like both in shape and See also:

• FUNCTION

function . In the type genus there are See also:

• FORTY

forty-four See also:

• TEETH (O.E. Eel); plural of tooth, O.E. top)

teeth, forming an uninterrupted See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series . The vertebral artery pierces the See also:

• NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)

neck-vertebrae in the normal manner . The name See also:

• OREODON (i.e. " hillock-tooth ")

Oreodon is preoccupied by Orodus, the designation of a genus of Palaeozoic fishes, and is likewise antedated by Merycoidodon, which is now used by some writers . See See also:

• TYLOPODA (Gr. for boss-footed, in reference to the cushion-like pads forming the soles of the feet)

TYLOPODA .