Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Synonym: Homocamelus Leidy 1869
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1858. Notice of Remains of Extinct Vertebrata, from the Valley of the Niobrara River, Collected during the Exploring Expedition of 1857, in Nebraska, under the Command of Lieut. G. K. Warren, U. S. Top. Eng., by Dr. F. V. Hayden, Geologist to the Expedition. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10:15-89
Parent taxon: Lamini according to S. Lynch et al. 2020
See also Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988, Cope 1874, Hay 1902, Honey et al. 1998, Leidy 1869, Leidy 1873, May 2019, Simpson 1945, Voorhies 1990, Webb 1965 and Webb 1969
Sister taxa: Aepycamelus, Blancocamelus, Eulamaops, Hemiauchenia, Lama, Palaeolama, Pleiolama, Pliauchenia, Procamelus edensis raki, Tanupolama parvus, Vicugna
Subtaxa: Procamelus coconiensis Procamelus coconinensis Procamelus grandis Procamelus leptocolon Procamelus leptognathus Procamelus occidentalis Procamelus virginiensis
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of Honduras (2 collections), United States (8: Florida, Idaho, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma)
• Miocene of El Salvador (1), Kazakhstan (1), Mexico (1), Ukraine (1), United States (82: California, Florida, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Wyoming)
Total: 96 collections including 97 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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