Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Alternative combinations: Pliauchenia merriami, Titanotylopus merriami
Full reference: C. Frick. 1921. Extinct vertebrate faunas of the badlands of Bautista Creek and San Timoteo Canyon, southern California. University of California Publications in Geology 12(5):277-424
Belongs to Megacamelus according to J. G. Honey et al. 1998
See also Frick 1921, Harrison 1985 and Webb 1965
Sister taxon: Megacamelus fricki
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mount Eden, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Mt. Eden Formation of California.
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (3: California, Nebraska collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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