Miotylopus Schlaikjer 1935 (camel)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae

Synonym: Dyseotylopus Stock 1935

Full reference: E. M. Schlaikjer. 1935. Contributions to the Stratigraphy and Palaeontology of the Goshen Hole Area, Wyoming. IV. New Vertebrates and the Stratigraphy of the Oligocene and Early Miocene. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 76(4):97-189

Parent taxon: Stenomylinae according to D. R. Prothero and C. A. Lubar 2016

See also Carroll 1988, Cassiliano 2008, Honey et al. 1998, Lander 1983, Prothero 1996, Schlaikjer 1935, Simpson 1945 and Tedford et al. 1987

Sister taxa: Pseudolabis, Stenomylini

Subtaxa: Miotylopus gibbi Miotylopus leonardi Miotylopus taylori

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Ecology: ground dwelling browser-browser

Distribution:

• Harrisonian of United States (1: Wyoming collection)

• Arikareean of United States (8: Nebraska, Wyoming)

• Oligocene of United States (4: California, Nebraska)

Total: 13 collections including 17 occurrences

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