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Aepycamelus elrodi

Osteichthyes - Camelidae

Taxonomy
Procamelus elrodi was named by Douglass (1909). Its type specimen is CM 777, a partial skeleton (a nearly complete skull and mandible with the greater portion of the neck), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East of Hyde Post-office, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial shale/conglomerate in Montana.

It was recombined as Alticamelus elrodi by Stirton (1929), McGrew (1938), Gregory (1942); it was recombined as Aepycamelus elrodi by Webb (1969), Honey et al. (1998), Tabrum and Nichols (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Procamelus elrodi Douglass p. 159 figs. Pl. 9 - 11
1929Alticamelus elrodi Stirton p. 299
1938Alticamelus elrodi McGrew
1942Alticamelus elrodi Gregory
1969Aepycamelus elrodi Webb
1998Aepycamelus elrodi Honey et al.
2001Aepycamelus elrodi Tabrum and Nichols

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
suborderTylopoda()
familyCamelidae
subfamilyCamelinaeGray 1821
tribeLaminiWebb 1965
genusAepycamelus
specieselrodi()

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.

†Aepycamelus elrodi Douglass 1909
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. Douglass 1909
The species is distinguished by its large size, the pit into which the infraorbital foramen opens and the much larger pit above it, the heavy but not deep mandible, the prominence of the posterosuperior portion of the angle and the relative proportions of the cervicals which decrease in the length of the centra from the axis backwards.
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: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999

Age range: Barstovian or 16.30000 to 12.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Montana) Procamelus elrodi (type locality: 189002)