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Camelops hesternus

Mammalia - Camelidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Auchenia hesterna Leidy p. 260
1884Holomeniscus hesternus Cope p. 17
1892Auchenia huerfanensis Cragin
1893Holomeniscus hesternus Cope p. 83
1893Holomeniscus sulcatus Cope p. 84
1898Camelops sulcatus Wortman
1902Camelops hesternus Hay p. 679
1913Camelops hesternus Hay p. 269
1913Camelops huerfanensis Hay p. 269
1926Camelops aransas Hay p. 7 fig. 1
1931Camelops hesternus Elftman p. 13
1965Camelops hesternus Webb
1965Camelops huerfanensis Webb
1965Camelops sulcatus Webb
1966Camelops huerfanensis Slaughter p. 83
1975Camelops traviswhitei Mooser and Dalquest p. 341
1980Camelops huerfanensis Kurten and Anderson p. 304
1980Camelops sulcatus Kurten and Anderson p. 304
1980Camelops traviswhitei Kurten and Anderson p. 304
1980Camelops hesternus Kurten and Anderson p. 305
1992Camelops sulcatus Dalquest
1998Camelops hesternus Honey et al.
1998Camelops huerfanensis Honey et al.
1998Camelops sulcatus Honey et al.
1998Camelops traviswhitei Honey et al. p. 451
2007Camelops hesternus Morgan and Rinehart p. 44
2015Camelops hesternus Baskin and Thomas p. 121
2023Camelops hesternus Carbot-Chanona et al. p. 4

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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
tribeCamelini
genusCamelops
specieshesternus()

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.

Camelops hesternus Leidy 1873
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Invalid names: Camelops aransas Hay 1926 [synonym], Camelops huerfanensis Cragin 1892 [synonym], Camelops sulcatus Cope 1893 [synonym], Camelops traviswhitei Mooser and Dalquest 1975 [synonym]
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: Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Rancholabrean or 3.60000 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (54 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Texas) Camelops kansanus (20027)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (New Mexico) Camelops sp. (19973)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nebraska) Camelops sp. (19955)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Arizona) Camelops traviswhitei (19656 19657 19658)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico (México) Holomeniscus hesternus (163820)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Jalisco) Camelops hesternus (20285)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Camelops aransas (156789) Camelops huerfanensis (85137)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) Camelops hesternus (190079)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3Mexico (Aguascalientes) Camelops hesternus, Camelops traviswhitei (20283)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Nebraska) Camelops hesternus (20347 20348 20375 20376 20500 20501)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) Camelops hesternus (20305 20319 20387) Camelops sp. (20454)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) Camelops sulcatus, Holomeniscus sulcatus (20498)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Camelops huerfanensis (191915)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3Canada (Alberta) Camelops hesternus (20418)
Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean1.8 - 0.012USA (California) Camelops hesternus (20323)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012Mexico (Tlaxcala) Camelops hesternus (226032)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012Mexico (Sonora) Camelops hesternus (20495)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Camelops hesternus (196762)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012Mexico Camelops hesternus (232555)
Rancholabrean (interglacial)0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Camelops hesternus (20630)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Camelops hesternus (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Saskatchewan) Camelops hesternus (20635 20640)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Saskatchewan) Camelops hesternus (20590)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Camelops hesternus (230003 230753)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Montana) Camelops sp. (162127)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Camelops huerfanensis (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Camelops hesternus (93251)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Camelops hesternus (20273 73752 190077 190889)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Camelops hesternus (79653 79654)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Utah) Camelops hesternus (20641)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) Camelops hesternus (20615)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Camelops hesternus (76059)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Idaho) Camelops hesternus (20569 20612)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) Camelops hesternus (20617)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Camelops hesternus (20642)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Utah) Camelops hesternus (93326)