Protolabis saxeus Matthew 1924 (camel)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae

Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1924. Third contribution to the Snake Creek Fauna. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 50:59-210

Belongs to Protolabis according to W. D. Matthew 1924

Sister taxa: Protolabis angustidens, Protolabis barstowensis, Protolabis coartatus, Protolabis gracilis, Protolabis heterodontus, Protolabis inaequidens, Protolabis yavapaiensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Thomson Quarry, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in the Sheep Creek Formation of Nebraska

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-browser

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (2: Nebraska collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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