Megatylopus cochrani Hibbard and Riggs 1949 (camel)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae

Alternative combination: Pliauchenia cochrani

Full reference: C. W. Hibbard and E. S. Riggs. 1949. Upper Pliocene Vertebrates From Keefe Canyon, Meade County, Kansas. Geological Society America Bulletin 60(5):829-860

Belongs to Megatylopus according to J. G. Honey et al. 1998

See also Hibbard and Riggs 1949, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Voorhies and Corner 1986 and Webb 1965

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Keefe Canyon, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Rexroad Formation of Kansas

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Blancan of United States (5: Kansas, Nebraska, Washington collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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