Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Parent taxon: Camelidae according to G. Carbot-Chanona et al. 2023
See also Baskin and Thomas 2015, Dingus 1990, Harris et al. 2010, Hay 1902, Honey et al. 1998, Ruez 2005, Simpson 1945, Stanley et al. 1994, Webb 1965 and Webb and Meachen 2004
Sister taxa: Aepycamelinae, Altomeryx, Auchenia, Aucheniina, Australocamelus, Camelina, Floridatragulinae, Gomphotherium, Gomphotherium serus, Matthewlabis, Merycotheriina, Miolabinae, Nothokemadinae, Nothokematinae, Oxydactylus, Palauchenia, Paratylopus, Poebrodon, Poebrotheriinae, Poebrotherium, Priscocamelus, Protolabinae, Protomeryx, Stenomylinae, Stilauchenia, Teleopternus
Subtaxa: Alforjas Camelini Camelopini Hesperocamelus Lamini Procamelus minor Prochenia Protolabidini
Type: Camelus
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Algeria (1 collection), Argentina (58), Bolivia (8), Brazil (25), Canada (10: Alberta, Saskatchewan, Yukon), Chile (11), China (1), Ecuador (6), Egypt (3), Ethiopia (3), Guatemala (1), Honduras (1), Israel (1), Kazakhstan (2), Kenya (1), Mexico (19), Mongolia (1), Morocco (1), Paraguay (1), Peru (8), Romania (1), Syria (2), Tajikistan (2), Turkey (1), United States (226: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming), Uruguay (6), Venezuela (1)
• Blancan of El Salvador (1), Mexico (8), United States (128: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas, Washington)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of China (1), Ethiopia (1), India (1), Kenya (1), Malawi (1), Peru (1), Tajikistan (1), Uruguay (1)
• Pliocene of Argentina (6), Bulgaria (1), China (2), Ethiopia (3), Hungary (2), India (4), Kazakhstan (3), Kenya (2), Mexico (1), Moldova (6), Morocco (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (3), Tajikistan (3), Tanzania (1), Tunisia (1), Ukraine (5), United States (5: California, Idaho, North Carolina, Texas)
• MN 13 of Turkey (1)
• Hemphillian of Canada (1: Alberta), Costa Rica (1), Honduras (2), Mexico (16), United States (99: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Washington)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chad (1), United States (1: Oklahoma)
• Miocene of El Salvador (1), Kazakhstan (1), Mexico (3), Spain (1), Ukraine (1), United States (175: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming)
Total: 900 collections including 1188 occurrences