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Taxonomy
Pliauchenia merriami was named by Frick (1921). Its type locality is Mount Eden, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Mt. Eden Formation of California. It is the type species of Megacamelus.
It was recombined as Titanotylopus merriami by Webb (1965); it was recombined as Megacamelus merriami by Harrison (1985) and Honey et al. (1998).
It was recombined as Titanotylopus merriami by Webb (1965); it was recombined as Megacamelus merriami by Harrison (1985) and Honey et al. (1998).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1921 | Pliauchenia merriami Frick |
| 1965 | Titanotylopus merriami Webb |
| 1985 | Megacamelus merriami Harrison |
| 1998 | Megacamelus merriami Honey et al. |
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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.
†Megacamelus merriami Frick 1921
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Hemphillian or 10.30000 to 4.90000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (Nebraska) | Megacamelus merriami (18126 18359) | |
| Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (California) | Pliauchenia merriami (type locality: 19445) |