Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Full reference: J. A. Meachen. 2005. A new species of Hemiauchenia (Artiodactyla, Camelidae) from the late Blancan of Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 45(4):435-447
Belongs to Hemiauchenia according to E. Jimenez-Hidalgo and O. Carranza-Castaneda 2010
See also Meachen 2005
Sister taxa: Hemiauchenia blancoensis, Hemiauchenia edensis, Hemiauchenia guanajuatensis, Hemiauchenia macrocephala, Hemiauchenia minima, Hemiauchenia paradoxa, Auchenia vitakeriana, Tanupolama longurio
Type specimen: UF 210707, a mandible (right dentary fragment with p4-m3). Its type locality is De Soto Shell Pit 5, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Caloosahatchee Formation of Florida.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (6 collections), United States (3: Florida)
• Blancan of Mexico (1), United States (3: Florida)
• Hemphillian of Mexico (2)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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