Camelops kansanus Leidy 1854 (camel)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae

Full reference: J. Leidy. 1854. Description of a Fossil Apparently Indicating an Extinct Species of the Camel Tribe. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7:172-173

Belongs to Camelops according to J. Baskin and R. G. Thomas 2015

See also Dalquest and Schultz 1992, Hay 1902, Hay 1913, Hibbard 1937, Honey et al. 1998, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Leidy 1854, Leidy 1857, Savage 1951 and Webb 1965

Sister taxa: Camelops arenarum, Camelops hesternus, Camelops maximus, Camelops minidokae, Camelops nevadanus, Camelops nitidus, Camelops vacondae, Eschatius, Eschatius conidens, Megalomeryx niobrarensis

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (1: Oklahoma collection)

• Blancan of United States (1: Kansas)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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