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Australocamelus orarius

Osteichthyes - Camelidae

Taxonomy
Australocamelus orarius was named by Patton (1969) [genotype]. Its type specimen is TAMU 2466A, a mandible (partial left mandible with p2-m3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Garvin Gully, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in the Oakville Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Australocamelus.

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Marcot on 2017-09-12

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Australocamelus orarius Patton p. 146 figs. 11 and 12
1998Australocamelus orarius Honey et al. p. 451

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
suborderTylopoda()
familyCamelidae
genusAustralocamelus
speciesorarius

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.

Australocamelus orarius Patton 1969
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. H. Patton 1969A small species of camel, about the size of Oxydactylus campestris (Cook 1909), but with slender and vertically shallow mandible. Premolars unreduced, subhypsodont, and both molars and premolars laterally compressed and elongate all of which distinguish it from Oxydactylus
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: Hemingfordian or 18.50000 to 16.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (Texas) Australocamelus orarius (type locality: 18626)