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Gigantocamelus

Mammalia - Camelidae

Taxonomy
Gigantocamelus was named by Barbour and Schultz (1939). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Titanotylopus by Webb (1965) and Kurten and Anderson (1980).

It was assigned to Camelinae by Simpson (1945); to Camelidae by Barbour and Schultz (1939), Harrison (1985) and Dalquest (1992); and to Camelini by Honey et al. (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Gigantocamelus Barbour and Schultz
1945Gigantocamelus Simpson p. 150
1985Gigantocamelus Harrison
1992Gigantocamelus Dalquest
1998Gigantocamelus Honey et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
suborderTylopoda()
familyCamelidae
subfamilyCamelinaeGray 1821
tribeCamelini
genusGigantocamelus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Gigantocamelus Barbour and Schultz 1939
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Invalid names: Gigantocamelus fricki Barbour and Schultz 1939 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:42:02
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Blancan to the top of the Irvingtonian or 4.90000 to 0.30000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Texas) G. sp. (20036 20042 20049) G. spatulus (20025 20035) Megatylopus sp. (20022 20023 20024 20026 20027 20028) Titanotylopus spatulus (20031 20032)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Idaho) G. sp. (19913) G. spatulus (19792 19800)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (South Dakota) G. sp. (20021)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Colorado) G. sp. (19744)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nebraska) G. fricki (19959) G. sp. (19954 19963) G. spatulus (19955 19958 19960 19962)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (New Mexico) G. sp. (19975)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nevada) G. spatulus (19993 19997)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Kansas) G. sp. (19947) G. spatulus (19922 19932)
Blancan - Irvingtonian4.9 - 0.3USA (South Dakota) G. spatulus (20020)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Oklahoma) Titanotylopus spatulus (20382)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (New Mexico) G. sp. (20558)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) G. sp. (20391)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Idaho) G. sp. (20343)