Bathygenys
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Bathygenys Temporal range: 35–5 Ma Eocene to Oligocene |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | †Merycoidodontidae |
| Genus: | †Bathygenys |
Bathygenys is an extinct genus of terrestrial herbivore of the family Merycoidodontidae (oreodont), endemic to North America during the Late Eocene-Early Oligocene subepochs (38—33.3 mya) existing for approximately 4.7 million years.
Bathygenys was a cud-chewing plant-eater with a heavy body, long tail, short feet, and four-toed hooves.
Bathygenys was named by Douglass (1901). It is not extant. It was assigned to Merycoidodontidae by Douglass (1901) and Lander (1998). It is synonymous with Parabathygenys.
Four specimens were examined by M. Mendoza for body mass and estimated to have a weight of:
Fossils are widespread through the western United States.
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