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
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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