Stenomylus tubutamensis Ferrusquia-Villafranca 1990 (camel)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae

Alternative combination: Stenomylus (Stenomylus) tubutamensis

Full reference: I. Ferrusquia-Villafranca. 1990. Biostratigraphy of the Mexican Continental Miocene: Part I, Introduction and the Northwestern and Central Faunas. Part II, The Southeastern (Oaxacan) Faunas. Part III, The Southeasternmost (Chiapasan) Fauna and Concluding Remarks On the Discussed Vertebrate Record. Paleontologia Mexicana 56:1-149

Belongs to Stenomylus according to M. Cassiliano 2010

See also Cassiliano 2008, Ferrusquia-Villafranca 1990 and Honey et al. 1998

Sister taxa: Stenomylus (Pegomylus), Stenomylus (Stenomylus), Stenomylus crassipes, Stenomylus gracilis, Stenomylus hitchcocki, Stenomylus keelinensis, Stenomylus taylori

Type specimen: IGM 4002, a mandible (right mandibular fragment with the posterior part of m1 and m2-3). Its type locality is Tubutama, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in Mexico.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-browser

Distribution: found only at Tubutama

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