Auchenia Illiger 1811 (camel)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae

Full reference: C. Illiger. 1811. Prodromus Systematis Mammalium et Avium

Parent taxon: Camelidae according to J. Leidy 1873

See also Gray 1825 and Simpson 1945

Sister taxa: Aepycamelinae, Altomeryx, Aucheniina, Australocamelus, Camelina, Camelinae, Floridatragulinae, Gomphotherium, Gomphotherium serus, Matthewlabis, Merycotheriina, Miolabinae, Nothokemadinae, Nothokematinae, Oxydactylus, Palauchenia, Paratylopus, Poebrodon, Poebrotheriinae, Poebrotherium, Priscocamelus, Protolabinae, Protomeryx, Stenomylinae, Stilauchenia, Teleopternus

Subtaxa: Auchenia californica Auchenia cordubensis Auchenia ensenadensis Auchenia injanensis Auchenia mesolithica

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Ecology: ground dwelling browser-browser

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Auchenia in the database

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