Ticholeptus

Ticholeptus is an extinct genus of oreodont endemic to North America during the Middle Miocene subepoch (16.0—13.6 mya), existing for approximately 2.4 million years.^[1] Fossils have been uncovered throughout the United States from Florida to Oregon, as well as California, and numerous sites in Nebraska, Nevada, and Montana.

Ticholeptus Temporal range: Middle Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Ticholeptus petersoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	†Merycoidodontidae
Genus:	†Ticholeptus Cope 1878
Species
Ticholeptus zygomaticus

Palaeoecology

The dental mesowear of Ticholeptus shows that it was a mixed feeder or grazer and that it had one of the most texturally abrasive diets of any oreodont taxon.^[2]