Michenia agatensis Frick and Taylor 1971 (camel)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae

Full reference: C. Frick and B. E. Taylor. 1971. Michenia, a new protolabine (Mammalia, Camelidae) and a brief review of the early taxonomic history of the genus Protolabis. American Museum Novitates 2444:1-24

Belongs to Michenia according to J. G. Honey 2007

See also Frick and Taylor 1971, Honey et al. 1998 and Pagnac 2005

Sister taxa: Michenia deschutensis, Michenia exilis, Michenia mudhillsensis

Type specimen: AMNH 14255, a partial skeleton (partial skull and mandible with i1/1-m3/3, both partial humeri, right radius and left partial radius, right scaphoid and lunar, distal end of metacarpus, two co). Its type locality is Agate (5-7 Miles NE), which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Marsland Formation of Nebraska.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-browser

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (3: California collections)

• Harrisonian of United States (1: Nebraska)

• Arikareean of United States (3: California)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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