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Procamelus occidentalis

Mammalia - Camelidae

Taxonomy
Procamelus occidentalis was named by Leidy (1858). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Niobrara River (coll. Hayden 1857), which is in a Barstovian/Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Loup Fork Formation of Nebraska.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Procamelus occidentalis Leidy p. 23
1873Procamelus occidentalis Leidy p. 227
1899Procamelus lacustris Douglass p. 18 figs. Plate 1, Figure 2
1901Procamelus occidentalis Matthew p. 426
1902Procamelus lacustris Hay p. 677
1902Procamelus occidentalis Hay p. 678
1998Procamelus occidentalis Honey et al. p. 451
2019Procamelus occidentalis May

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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
genusProcamelus
speciesoccidentalis

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.

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Invalid names: Procamelus lacustris Douglass 1899 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 10:37:24
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:37:24
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Clarendonian or 16.30000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Procamelus occidentalis (18031 18109 18164 18192 18209 18275 18284 18353 18442) Procamelus sp. (18090)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Procamelus occidentalis (18042 18273)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Texas) Camelidae indet. (18640) Procamelus sp. (18610 18611 18623 18645)