Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Alternative combinations: Gomphotherium cameloides, Miolabis (Paratylopus) cameloides, Miolabis cameloides, Oxydactylus cameloides, Paratylopus cameloides, Protomeryx cameloides
Full reference: J. L. Wortman. 1898. The extinct Camelidae of North America and some associated forms. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 10(7):93-141
Belongs to Gentilicamelus according to F. B. Loomis 1936
See also Dougherty 1940, Fremd 1994, Hay 1902, Lull 1921, Matthew 1904, Matthew 1909, Merriam and Sinclair 1907, Repenning and Vedder 1961 and Wortman 1898
Sister taxon: Gentilicamelus sternbergi
Type specimen: AMNH 8179, a mandible (an almost complete mandibular ramus). Its type locality is The Cove, which is in a Miocene/Miocene terrestrial horizon in the John Day Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-browser
Distribution: found only at The Cove
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