Hesperocamelus Macdonald 1949 (camel)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae

Full reference: J. R. Macdonald. 1949. A New Clarendonian Fauna From Northeastern Nevada. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 28(7):173-194

Parent taxon: Camelinae according to J. G. Honey et al. 1998

See also Carroll 1988 and Macdonald 1949

Sister taxa: Alforjas, Camelini, Camelopini, Lamini, Procamelus minor, Prochenia, Protolabidini

Subtaxa: Hesperocamelus stylodon

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Type: Hesperocamelus stylodon

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-browser

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (3: California, Nevada collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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