| Cynodicuis gregarius Fossil Skull
Order: Carnivora, Family Amphicyonidae
Geological Time: Oligocene
Size: 90 mm x 50 mm; total height is 30 mm
Fossil Site: Brule Formation, White River Badlands, South Dakota
Item: AA010
Price: $1295.00
Remarks: Cynodictis (meaning, in-between dog) was a dog-like animal
known from the early Oligocene of the badlannds of North America).
These are rarely found, and less rarely in such superb preservation.
This was a speedy and fierce little carnivore of the Oligocene plains
that could chase down rabbits and probably could climb trees.
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