Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Alternative combinations: Megatylopus spatula, Pliauchenia spatula, Titanotylopus spatulus
Synonym: Gigantocamelus fricki Barbour and Schultz 1939
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1893. A preliminary report on the vertebrate paleontology of the Llano Estacado. Fourth Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Texas 1892:11-136
Belongs to Gigantocamelus according to W. W. Dalquest 1992
See also Barbour and Schultz 1939, Breyer 1976, Cope 1893, Gregory 1939, Hay 1902, Hibbard 1953, Hibbard and Riggs 1949, Honey et al. 1998, Kelly 1994, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Matthew 1901, Meade 1945, Repenning et al. 1995 and Webb 1965
Sister taxa: none
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: Oklahoma collection)
• Blancan of United States (24: Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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