Oligocene Camel Skull Replica

Description

Oligocene Camel Skull Replica measures 9.1 x 2.0 x 4.0 inches which includes the non-removable rock. Skull measures 8.1 x 2.0 x 2.0 inches. Oligocene Camel Skull Replica is museum-quality polyurethane resin cast of original specimen. Made in USA.

Oligocene camel or Poebrotherium wilsoni is an extinct genus of camelid, endemic to North America. They lived from the Eocene to Miocene epochs, 46.3 to 13.6 million years ago, existing for approximately 32 million years.

Oligocene camel or Poebrotherium wilsoni looked more like modern camels than its predecessor Protylopus, but at 3.0 ft. in height, it was roughly the size of a modern sheep.

Oligocene camel or Poebrotherium wilsoni skull resembled that of a modern llama, while its limbs ended in hooved toes and were more built for speed than the feet of Protylopus. Despite this apparent adaptation to the open plains, Oligocene camel or Poebrotherium wilsoni has been found in all major White River environments, including forests and river overbank deposits, indicating that it was not tied to one particular environment. The teeth of Oligocene camel or Poebrotherium wilsoni were more generalized than those of modern camelids.

Despite the name meaning grass-eating beast it is likely that Oligocene camel or Poebrotherium wilsoni was either a browser or a mixed-feeder, and grass may have played a minimal role in the diet of Poebrotherium wilsoni.

They adapted for desert or alpine conditions, Poebrotherium wilsoni took the place of a gazelle or deer in the White River Fauna ecosystem. This trait was taken to an extreme in later camels, notably Stenomylus.

Scientific Classification

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Mammalia
• Order: Artiodactyla
• Family: Camelidae
• Genus: †Poebrotherium
• Species: †P. wilsoni
• Conservation Status: Extinct