Hypsiops is an extinct genus of oreodont of the family Merycoidodontidae endemic to North America. They lived during the Late Oligocene to Early Miocene epochs, 20.4—16.0 mya, existing for approximately 4 million years.[1] Fossils have been uncovered throughout the western U.S. in Oregon, Montana, Wyoming, and Nebraska.

Hypsiops
Temporal range: Late Oligocene
Hypsiops breviceps
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Merycoidodontidae
Genus: Hypsiops
Schultz and Falkenbach (1950)
Species
  • H. breviceps Douglass 1907
  • H. erythroceps Stock 1932

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