Where: Clark County, Nevada (36.5° N, 114.4° W: paleocoordinates 36.7° N, 113.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• age unclear, but the type material of Capricamelus is late Blancan
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the AMNH
• collected by Ted Galusha in 1963
Primary reference: D. P. Whistler and S. D. Webb. 2005. New goatlike camelid from the Late Pliocene of Tecopa Lake Basin, California. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 503:1-40 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 70127: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.03.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Capricamelus sp. Whistler and Webb 2005 camel |