Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Full reference: W. W. Dalquest. 1975. Vertebrate Fossils From the Blanco Local Fauna of Texas. Occasional Papers, Museum, Texas Tech University 30:1-52
Parent taxon: Lamini according to S. D. Webb and J. A. Meachen 2004
See also Carroll 1988, Dalquest 1975, Honey et al. 1998 and Kurten and Anderson 1980
Sister taxa: Aepycamelus, Eulamaops, Hemiauchenia, Lama, Palaeolama, Pleiolama, Pliauchenia, Procamelus, Procamelus edensis raki, Tanupolama parvus, Vicugna
Subtaxa: Blancocamelus meadei
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: New Mexico collection)
• Blancan of Mexico (1), United States (4: Texas)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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