Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Alternative combination: Michenia yavapaiensis
Full reference: J. G. Honey and B. E. Taylor. 1978. A generic revision of the Protolabidini (Mammalia, Camelidae), with a description of two new protolabidines. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 161(3):367-426
Belongs to Protolabis according to J. G. Honey 2007
See also Honey et al. 1998 and Honey and Taylor 1978
Sister taxa: Protolabis angustidens, Protolabis barstowensis, Protolabis coartatus, Protolabis gracilis, Protolabis heterodontus, Protolabis inaequidens, Protolabis saxeus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Milk Creek Quarry, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Milk Creek Formation of Arizona
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-browser
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (4: New Mexico collections)
• Miocene of United States (11: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
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