Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Alternative combinations: Alticamelus alexandrae, Hesperocamelus alexandrae
Full reference: P. Davidson. 1923. Alticamelus alexandrae, a new camel from the Barstow Upper Miocene of the Mohave Desert. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14(12):397-408
Belongs to Aepycamelus according to J. G. Honey et al. 1998
See also Davidson 1923, Macdonald 1949, Macdonald 1956 and Woodburne et al. 1990
Sister taxa: Aepycamelus bradyi, Aepycamelus elrodi, Aepycamelus giraffinus, Aepycamelus major, Aepycamelus priscus, Aepycamelus procerus, Aepycamelus robustus, Aepycamelus stocki, Alticamelus altus
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (5: California collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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