Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Synonyms: Eschatiidae Cope 1887, Protolabididae Cope 1887
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1821. On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals. The London Medical Repository Monthly Journal and Review 15:296-310
Parent taxon: Camelidamorpha according to M. Spaulding et al. 2009
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Baskin and Thomas 2015, Bonaparte 1850, Carbot-Chanona et al. 2023, Carroll 1988, Cope 1889, Dingus 1990, Flower 1883, Flower and Lydekker 1891, Gray 1821, Gregory 1910, Hay 1902, Honey 2007, Hulbert and Whitmore 2006, Jaekel 1911, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Lambe 1908, Leidy 1873, Matthew 1908, McKenna and Bell 1997, Nowak 1991, Prothero 1996, Scott 1940, Thewissen et al. 2001, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Webb and Meachen 2004 and Whistler and Webb 2005
Sister taxa: Amphimerycidae, Anoplotherioidea, Cameloidea, Oreodontoidea, Oromerycidae, Xiphodontoidea, Caenotheriidae, Merycoidodontidae
Subtaxa: 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
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-browser