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Taxonomy
Alticamelus procerus was named by Matthew and Cook (1909). Its type specimen is AMNH 14070, a partial skeleton ( a crushed skull and jaws with parts of the skeleton associated), and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Aepycamelus procerus by Macdonald (1956), Kelly (1992) and Honey et al. (1998).
It was recombined as Aepycamelus procerus by Macdonald (1956), Kelly (1992) and Honey et al. (1998).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1909 | Alticamelus procerus Matthew and Cook p. 402 figs. 19 and 20 |
| 1956 | Aepycamelus procerus Macdonald p. 199 |
| 1992 | Aepycamelus procerus Kelly p. 12 |
| 1998 | Aepycamelus procerus Honey et al. p. 451 |
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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 procerus Matthew and Cook 1909
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Barstovian or 16.30000 to 12.50000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Barstovian | USA (Nebraska) | Aepycamelus procerus (type locality: 17904) |