Aepycamelus Macdonald 1956 (camel)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae

Synonym: Alticamelus Matthew 1901

Full reference: J. R. Macdonald. 1956. A new Clarendonian mammalian fauna from the Truckee Formation of western Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 30(1):186-202

Parent taxon: Lamini according to S. Lynch et al. 2020

See also Carroll 1988, Honey et al. 1998, Macdonald 1956, May 2019, Patton 1969, Rich 1981, Simpson 1945 and Webb 1965

Sister taxa: Blancocamelus, Eulamaops, Hemiauchenia, Lama, Palaeolama, Pleiolama, Pliauchenia, Procamelus, Procamelus edensis raki, Tanupolama parvus, Vicugna

Subtaxa: Aepycamelus alexandrae Aepycamelus bradyi Aepycamelus elrodi Aepycamelus giraffinus Aepycamelus major Aepycamelus priscus Aepycamelus procerus Aepycamelus robustus Aepycamelus stocki Alticamelus altus

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Type: Alticamelus giraffinus

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-browser

Distribution:

• Hemphillian of United States (8: Florida, Indiana, Oklahoma collections)

• Miocene of United States (83: California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)

Total: 91 collections each including a single occurrence

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