Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae

Full reference: L. Dingus. 1990. Systematics, stratigraphy, and chronology for mammalian fossils (Late Arikareean to Hemingfordian) from the uppermost John Day Formation, Warm Springs, Oregon. PaleoBios 12(47/48):1-24

Belongs to Michenia according to L. Dingus 1990

See also Honey 2007 and Honey et al. 1998

Sister taxa: Michenia agatensis, Michenia exilis, Michenia mudhillsensis

Type specimen: LACM (CIT) 2685, a partial skeleton (dentary fragments with RP4-M2 and LM2-M3, R metacarpal III, L metacarpal IV , L metatarsal III-IV , and proximal phalanx). Its type locality is Warm Springs, which is in an Arikareean terrestrial sandstone/tuff in the John Day Formation of Oregon.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-browser

Distribution: found only at Warm Springs

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.