Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Full reference: W. D. Matthew and H. J. Cook. 1909. A Pliocene fauna from western Nebraska. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 26(27):361-414
Parent taxon: Camelini according to S. Lynch et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Camelops, Camelus, Gigantocamelus, Megacamelus, Paracamelus, Titanotylopus
Subtaxa: none
Type: Pliauchenia (Megatylopus) gigas
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: Arizona collection)
• Blancan of Mexico (1), United States (9: Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Texas, Washington)
• Pliocene of United States (2: Texas)
• Hemphillian of Canada (1: Alberta), Mexico (12), United States (46: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Washington)
• Miocene of Mexico (1), United States (20: Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas)
Total: 93 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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