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Australocamelus

Mammalia - Camelidae

Taxonomy
Australocamelus was named by Patton (1969). It is not extant. Its type is Australocamelus orarius.

It was synonymized subjectively with Oxydactylus by Tedford et al. (1987).

It was assigned to Camelidae by Patton (1969), Tedford and Barghoorn (1993) and Honey et al. (1998).

Species
A. orarius (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Australocamelus Patton
1993Australocamelus Tedford and Barghoorn
1998Australocamelus Honey et al.

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
familyCamelidae
genusAustralocamelus

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.

G. †Australocamelus Patton 1969
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Australocamelus orarius Patton 1969
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Hemingfordian to the top of the Barstovian or 20.43000 to 13.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Texas) A. orarius (18626)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (New Mexico) A. sp. (19535)
Early/Lower Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (New Mexico) A. sp. (19547)