Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Alternative combination: Camelops niobrarensis
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1858. Notice of Remains of Extinct Vertebrata, from the Valley of the Niobrara River, Collected during the Exploring Expedition of 1857, in Nebraska, under the Command of Lieut. G. K. Warren, U. S. Top. Eng., by Dr. F. V. Hayden, Geologist to the Expedition. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10:15-89
Belongs to Megalomeryx according to J. Leidy 1873
See also Hay 1902, Leidy 1858, Voorhies 1990 and Webb 1965
Sister taxa: Camelops arenarum, Camelops hesternus, Camelops kansanus, Camelops maximus, Camelops minidokae, Camelops nevadanus, Camelops nitidus, Camelops vacondae, Eschatius, Eschatius conidens
Type specimen: Its type locality is Niobrara River (coll. Hayden 1857), which is in a Barstovian/Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Loup Fork Formation of Nebraska.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-browser
Distribution: found only at Niobrara River (coll. Hayden 1857)
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