Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Alternative combinations: Auchenia major, Megatylopus major, Pliauchenia major, Procamelus major
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1886. Mastodon and Llama from Florida. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 38:11-12
Belongs to Aepycamelus according to J. G. Honey et al. 1998
See also Harrison 1985, Hay 1902, Leidy 1886, Simpson 1930, Webb 1965, Webb 1969 and Webb et al. 1981
Sister taxa: Aepycamelus alexandrae, Aepycamelus bradyi, Aepycamelus elrodi, Aepycamelus giraffinus, Aepycamelus priscus, Aepycamelus procerus, Aepycamelus robustus, Aepycamelus stocki, Alticamelus altus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mixson's Bone Bed, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Alachua Formation of Florida
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-browser
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (3: Florida collections)
• Miocene of United States (2: Florida, Nebraska)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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