Oxydactylus longipes Peterson 1904 (camel)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae

Full reference: O. A. Peterson. 1904. Osteology of Oxydactylus. A New Genus of Camels From the Loup Fork Of Nebraska, with Descriptions of Two New Species. Annals of Carnegie Museum 2(3):434-475

Belongs to Oxydactylus according to O. A. Peterson 1904

See also Honey 2007, Honey et al. 1998 and Loomis 1911

Sister taxa: Oxydactylus benedentatus, Oxydactylus campestris, Oxydactylus lacota, Oxydactylus lulli, Oxydactylus wyomingensis

Type specimen: CM 918, a partial skeleton (skull, lower jaws, complete cervical region, five dorsals, and a few ribs, four lumbars, the sacrum and pelvis, the right scapula, proximal end of the ulna and )

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-browser

Distribution:

• Miocene of Mexico (2 collections), United States (2: Nebraska, Wyoming)

• Harrisonian of United States (1: Nebraska)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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