Hemiauchenia Gervais and Ameghino 1880 (camel)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae

Synonyms: Holomeniscus Cope 1884, Tanupolama Stock 1928

Full reference: P. Gervais and F. Ameghino. 1880. Les Mammifres Fossiles: de L'Amrique Du Sud 1-255

Parent taxon: Lamini according to S. Lynch et al. 2020

See also Alroy 2002, Breyer 1977, Carroll 1988, Cisneros 2005, Cope 1884, Dalquest 1992, Dalquest and Schultz 1992, Hay 1902, Honey et al. 1998, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Meachen 2005, Olson 1940, Ruez 2005, Salas et al. 2003, Simpson 1945, Stock 1928, Webb 1965, Webb 1974 and Webb and Meachen 2004

Sister taxa: Aepycamelus, Blancocamelus, Eulamaops, Lama, Palaeolama, Pleiolama, Pliauchenia, Procamelus, Procamelus edensis raki, Tanupolama parvus, Vicugna

Subtaxa: Auchenia vitakeriana Hemiauchenia blancoensis Hemiauchenia edensis Hemiauchenia gracilis Hemiauchenia guanajuatensis Hemiauchenia macrocephala Hemiauchenia minima Hemiauchenia paradoxa Tanupolama longurio

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Type: Hemiauchenia paradoxa

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (15 collections), Bolivia (1), Brazil (7), Canada (2: Alberta), Chile (1), Mexico (8), United States (92: Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming), Uruguay (6)

• Blancan of El Salvador (1), Mexico (4), United States (68: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas, Washington)

• Pliocene of Argentina (1), United States (3: California, Idaho, North Carolina)

• Hemphillian of Mexico (5), United States (40: Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)

• Miocene of United States (8: California, Florida, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, South Dakota)

Total: 262 collections including 266 occurrences

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