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Taxonomy
Capricamelus gettyi was named by Whistler and Webb (2005). Its type specimen is LACM 124002, a skeleton, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Tecopa Lake Beds, which is in a Blancan lacustrine mudstone in the Tecopa Lake Beds Formation of California. It is the type species of Capricamelus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2005 | Capricamelus gettyi Whistler and Webb p. 5 |
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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.
†Capricamelus gettyi Whistler and Webb 2005
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: base of the Blancan to the top of the Rancholabrean or 4.90000 to 0.01200 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Blancan | USA (California) | Capricamelus gettyi (type locality: 20540) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (Utah) | Capricamelus gettyi (70126) |