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Taxonomy
Camelus grattardi was named by Geraads (2014). Its type specimen is Omo 75S-70–956, a maxilla (maxilla fragment with heavily worn P4–M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Omo - O.75s, which is in the Gelasian of sandstone the Shungura Formation Ethiopia.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2014 | Camelus grattardi Geraads p. 1481 figs. 1, 3 |
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†Camelus grattardi Geraads 2014
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| D. Geraads 2014 | A large member of Camelus, upper molars only slightly longer than broad, with rounded styles, P4 much nar- rower than M1, lingual wall of m3 hypoconulid not very oblique, mesial border of the mandibular ramus is strongly inclined back- wards, distal humeral articulation almost perpendicular to the long axis of the bone, and with a cylindrical medial part. Differs from species of Paracamelus in the loss of p3. Differs from mod- ern C. bactrianus and C. dromedarius in its much broader molars, both relative to their length and relative to P4, less acute styles in the upper teeth, less oblique m3 hypoconulid, more obli- que anterior border of mandibular ramus, and more cylindrical and more transverse distal humeral articulation. Differs from the Pleistocene North African C. thomasi in its much broader molars, both relative to their length and relative to P4, and lack of mandibular pachyostosis. |
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: Gelasian or 2.58800 to 1.80600 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Piacenzian - Gelasian | Ethiopia (Afar) | Camelus grattardi (224657) | |
| Gelasian | Ethiopia | Camelus grattardi (type locality: 21671) |