Miolabis transmontanus Cope 1879

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae

Alternative combination: Protolabis transmontanus

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1879. Observations on the faunae of the Miocene Tertiaries of Oregon. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey 5(2):55-69

Belongs to Miolabis according to J. G. Honey et al. 1998

See also Cope 1879, Cope and Matthew 1915, Frick and Taylor 1971, Hay 1899, Hay 1902, Kelly 1992 and Matthew 1901

Sister taxa: Miolabis (Paratylopus), Miolabis californicus, Miolabis fissidens, Miolabis fricki, Miolabis longiceps, Miolabis montanus

Type specimen: Its type locality is "Loup Fork Fauna", Cottonwood Creek, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Mascall Formation of Oregon

Distribution: found only at "Loup Fork Fauna", Cottonwood Creek

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