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Taxonomy
Procamelus grandis was named by Gregory (1939). Its type specimen is UCMP 32864, a skull (skull and lower jaws), and it is a 3D body fossil.
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1939 | Procamelus grandis Gregory p. 367 fig. 1 |
1956 | Procamelus dakotensis Green |
1998 | Procamelus grandis Honey et al. p. 451 |
2019 | Procamelus grandis May |
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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.
†Procamelus grandis Gregory 1939
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Invalid names: Procamelus dakotensis Green 1956 [synonym]
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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J. T. Gregory 1939 | arge species of Procameluswith rather slender, compressed, blade-like
caniniformteethandthinanteriorpremolars. ConsiderablylargerthanP.occidentalis. Diastemata between caniniform teeth of variable length, but uniformly greater than in Alticamelus, approaching the condition in referred material of P. occidentalis. P+ single rooted. Inner crescent of P3 incomplete, usually greatly reduced. Cheek teeth high crowned. Lower incisors protruding. A well developed sagittal crest and broad occipital crest. Neck vertebrae not elongate. Limb bones stout, not elongate. |