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Camelodon arapahovius

Mammalia - Oromerycidae

Taxonomy
Camelodon arapahovius was named by Granger (1910). Its type specimen is AMNH 14604, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Beaver Divide Locality 7 (Lower), which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Wagon Bed Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Camelodon.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Prothero (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Camelodon arapahovius Granger p. 248 fig. 4
1955Camelodon arapahovius Gazin

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Eugnathostomata
Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
suborderTylopoda()
familyOromerycidae
genusCamelodon
speciesarapahovius

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.

Camelodon arapahovius Granger 1910
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:38:30
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:38:30
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Prothero 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Uintan or 46.20000 to 39.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Wyoming) Camelodon arapahovius (type locality: 16523)