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Taxonomy
Procamelus elrodi was named by Douglass (1909). Its type specimen is CM 777, a partial skeleton (a nearly complete skull and mandible with the greater portion of the neck), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East of Hyde Post-office, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial shale/conglomerate in Montana.
It was recombined as Alticamelus elrodi by Stirton (1929), McGrew (1938) and Gregory (1942); it was recombined as Aepycamelus elrodi by Webb (1969), Honey et al. (1998) and Tabrum and Nichols (2001).
It was recombined as Alticamelus elrodi by Stirton (1929), McGrew (1938) and Gregory (1942); it was recombined as Aepycamelus elrodi by Webb (1969), Honey et al. (1998) and Tabrum and Nichols (2001).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1909 | Procamelus elrodi Douglass p. 159 figs. Pl. 9 - 11 |
| 1929 | Alticamelus elrodi Stirton p. 299 |
| 1938 | Alticamelus elrodi McGrew |
| 1942 | Alticamelus elrodi Gregory |
| 1969 | Aepycamelus elrodi Webb |
| 1998 | Aepycamelus elrodi Honey et al. |
| 2001 | Aepycamelus elrodi Tabrum and Nichols |
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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.
†Aepycamelus elrodi Douglass 1909
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| E. Douglass 1909 |
The species is distinguished by its large size, the pit into which the infraorbital foramen opens and the much larger pit above it, the heavy but not deep mandible, the prominence of the posterosuperior portion of the angle and the relative proportions of the cervicals which decrease in the length of the centra from the axis backwards. |