Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Alternative combination: Oxydactylus exilis
Synonym: Michenia australis Stevens 1977
Full reference: W. D. Matthew and J. R. Macdonald. 1960. Two new species of Oxydactylus from the middle Miocene Rosebud Formation in western South Dakota. American Museum Novitates 2003:1-7
Belongs to Michenia according to J. G. Honey et al. 1998
See also Honey 2007, Honey and Taylor 1978, Matthew and Macdonald 1960 and Stevens 1977
Sister taxa: Michenia agatensis, Michenia deschutensis, Michenia mudhillsensis
Type specimens:
- Michenia exilis: AMNH 12997, a partial skeleton (partial skull and fore and hind limbs). Its type locality is AMNH Rosebud 5, which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Rosebud Formation of South Dakota.
- Michenia australis: TMM 40871-1, a partial skeleton (a left mandible with P2-M3, a partial left Ml, the distal end of a humerus, the proximal end and other fragments of a left metacarpus with its unciform, and fra). Its type locality is Castolon (TMM 40871), which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in the Delaho Formation of Texas.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-browser
Distribution:
• Harrisonian of United States (4: South Dakota, Texas collections)
• Arikareean of United States (1: Texas)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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