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Blancocamelus meadei

Osteichthyes - Camelidae

Taxonomy
Blancocamelus meadei was named by Dalquest (1975) [genotype].

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Alroy on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Blancocamelus meadei Dalquest
1980Blancocamelus meadei Kurten and Anderson p. 302
1998Blancocamelus meadei Honey et al. p. 451
2010Blancocamelus meadei Jimenez-Hidalgo and Carranza-Castaneda pp. 57 - 58 figs. Figure 4, Table 7

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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
genusBlancocamelus
speciesmeadei

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.

†Blancocamelus meadei Dalquest 1975
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. Jimenez-Hidalgo and O. Carranza-Castaneda 2010Limb bones exceedingly long and relatively slender (Dalquest, 1975). Limbs, especially distal elements, extremely elongated and slender as in Hemiauchenia and Aepycamelus giraffinus (Matthew in Matthew and Cook, 1909) but more than one and a half times as long as in Hemiauchenia (Honey et al., 1998).
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, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Blancan to the top of the Irvingtonian or 4.70000 to 0.21000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Texas) Blancocamelus meadei (20023 20026 20028) Leptotylopus percelsus (20050)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4Mexico (Guanajuato) Blancocamelus meadei (20077)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (New Mexico) Blancocamelus meadei (20558)