Alforjas Harrison 1979 (camel)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae

Full reference: J. A. Harrison. 1979. Revision of the Camelinae (Artiodactyla, Tylopoda) and description of the new genus Alforjas. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions 95(4):1-28

Parent taxon: Camelinae according to S. Lynch et al. 2020

See also Carroll 1988, Harrison 1979, Honey et al. 1998 and Webb and Meachen 2004

Sister taxa: Camelini, Camelopini, Hesperocamelus, Lamini, Procamelus minor, Prochenia, Protolabidini

Subtaxa: Alforjas taylori

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Type: Alforjas taylori

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-browser

Distribution:

• Hemphillian of Mexico (8 collections), United States (19: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)

• Miocene of United States (2: Idaho, Nebraska)

Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence

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