Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Full reference: D. Geraads. 2014. Camelus grattardi, sp. nov., a New Camel from the Shungura Formation, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, and the Relationships of African Fossil Camelidae (Mammalia). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(6):1481-1485
Belongs to Camelus according to D. Geraads 2014
Sister taxa: Camelus antiquus, Camelus arctoamericanus, Camelus bactrianus, Camelus dromedarius, Camelus knoblochi, Camelus sivalensis, Camelus thomasi
Type specimen: Omo 75S-70–956, a maxilla (maxilla fragment with heavily worn P4–M2). Its type locality is Omo - O.75s, which is in the Gelasian of sandstone the Shungura Formation Ethiopia.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ethiopia (1 collection)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ethiopia (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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