Are Oreodont and Leptauchenia the same genus /species?

[Melissa_The Fossil Girl]

Hi, 

I've seen several sellers who labeled their Oreodont fossils as Leptauchenia.

So I wondered are they the same thing or two different animals altogether? 

 

Thanks. 

[rfarrar]

Leptauchenia is one genus out of about 45 genera in the family Oreodontidae.

 

Bob

[Melissa_The Fossil Girl]

Okay. Thank you very much for the reply Bob. 

[PaleoNoel]

Technically, oreodonts are not the formal group name. Instead they belong to a group called Merycoidodontoidea. But like rfarrar said, Leptauchenia is genus within that group of many other animals.