Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Alternative combinations: Auchenia minimus, Procamelus minimus
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1886. Mastodon and Llama from Florida. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 38:11-12
Belongs to Hemiauchenia according to J. G. Honey et al. 1998
See also Hay 1902, Leidy 1886, Simpson 1930 and Webb et al. 1981
Sister taxa: Hemiauchenia blancoensis, Hemiauchenia edensis, Hemiauchenia gracilis, Hemiauchenia guanajuatensis, Hemiauchenia macrocephala, Hemiauchenia paradoxa, Tanupolama longurio, Auchenia vitakeriana
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-grazer
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (3: Florida collections)
• Miocene of United States (1: Florida)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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