Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Camelini according to S. Lynch et al. 2020
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Carroll 1988, Gray 1825, Harris et al. 2010, Hay 1902, Linnaeus 1758, Lydekker 1876, Owen 1848, Simpson 1945, Stanley et al. 1994 and Webb 1965
Sister taxa: Camelops, Gigantocamelus, Megacamelus, Megatylopus, Paracamelus, Titanotylopus
Subtaxa: Camelus antiquus Camelus arctoamericanus Camelus bactrianus Camelus dromedarius Camelus grattardi Camelus knoblochi Camelus sivalensis Camelus thomasi
Type: Camelus dromedarius
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Algeria (1 collection), Egypt (3), Ethiopia (3), Israel (1), Kazakhstan (2), Kenya (1), Mongolia (1), Morocco (1), Syria (2), Tajikistan (1), United States (1: Washington)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ethiopia (1), India (1), Kenya (1), Malawi (1)
• Pliocene of Ethiopia (3), Hungary (2), India (4), Kazakhstan (1), Kenya (2), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (2), Tanzania (1), Tunisia (1), Ukraine (5)
Total: 43 collections including 45 occurrences
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