This outstanding, authentic prehistoric piece is a serious conversation starter ! It's an authentic, incredibly rare, museum-quality, partial oreodont skeleton (Merycoidodon culbertsoni) from the Paleogene Period (Oligocene geologic epoch).

This beautifully preserved fossil skeleton measures an impressive 20" x 10" x 7" and was excavated in Custer County, South Dakota (Brule Formation). The mount has the unique ability to easily remove and reattach the skull.

Dating back to ~30 million years before present, these extinct Oligocene mammals roamed what became the White River Badlands of South Dakota.

These terrestrial, territorial, herbivores may have been visually si...