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Aepycamelus bradyi

Mammalia - Camelidae

Taxonomy
Aepycamelus bradyi was named by Macdonald (1956). Its type specimen is UCMP 38668, a skull (nearly perfect cranium with complete upper dentition), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Brady Pocket, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Truckee Formation of Nevada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Aepycamelus bradyi Macdonald p. 199 fig. 13
1998Aepycamelus bradyi Honey et al. p. 451

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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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
familyCamelidae
subfamilyCamelinaeGray 1821
tribeLaminiWebb 1965
genusAepycamelus
speciesbradyi

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.

†Aepycamelus bradyi Macdonald 1956
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. R. Macdonald 1956Larger than other known species; total length of cheek tooth row one-forth larger than A. giraffinus (Matthew); length of premolar series equal to A. giraffinus, molar series much longer.