Titanotylopus Barbour and Schultz 1934 (camel)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae

Full reference: E. H. Barbour and C. B. Schultz. 1934. A new giant camel, Titanotylopus nebraskensis, gen et sp. nov. Bulletin of the Nebraska State Museum 1(36):291-294

Parent taxon: Camelini according to J. G. Honey et al. 1998

See also Barbour and Schultz 1934, Breyer 1976, Carroll 1988, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Simpson 1945 and Webb 1965

Sister taxa: Camelops, Camelus, Gigantocamelus, Megacamelus, Megatylopus, Paracamelus

Subtaxa: Titanotylopus nebraskensis

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Ecology: ground dwelling browser-browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (4: California, South Dakota collections)

• Blancan of United States (8: California, Nebraska, South Dakota)

• Pliocene of United States (1: California)

• Hemphillian of United States (1: Arizona)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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