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Megatylopus gigas

Mammalia - Camelidae

Taxonomy
Pliauchenia (Megatylopus) gigas was named by Matthew and Cook (1909) [genotype]. Its type specimen is AMNH 14071, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Megatylopus.

It was recombined as Paracamelus gigas by Matthew and Stirton (1930) and Cook and Cook (1933); it was replaced with Paracamelus brevirostris by Macdonald (1959); it was recombined as Megatylopus gigas by Gregory (1939), Webb (1965), Patton (1969), Harrison (1985) and Honey et al. (1998).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Pliauchenia (Megatylopus) gigas Matthew and Cook p. 396 figs. 16 - 18
1930Paracamelus gigas Matthew and Stirton
1933Paracamelus gigas Cook and Cook
1939Megatylopus gigas Gregory p. 367
1959Paracamelus brevirostris Macdonald
1965Megatylopus gigas Webb p. 44
1969Megatylopus gigas Patton
1985Megatylopus gigas Harrison
1998Megatylopus gigas Honey et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
familyCamelidae
subfamilyCamelinaeGray 1821
tribeCamelini
genusMegatylopus()
speciesgigas()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Megatylopus gigas Matthew and Cook 1909
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Invalid names: Paracamelus brevirostris Macdonald 1959 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 10:37:39
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:37:39
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the early Early Hemphillian to the top of the Miocene or 10.30000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Montana) Megatylopus gigas (19067)
Late/Upper Clarendonian - late Early Hemphillian12.5 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Megatylopus gigas (18298)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Colorado) Megatylopus gigas (18495)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Kansas) Megatylopus gigas (18140 18263)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Megatylopus gigas (18201 18225 18441)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Megatylopus gigas (18247 18499)
early Early Hemphillian - late Early Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Idaho) Megatylopus gigas (218109 218111)