Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Alternative combinations: Paracamelus gigas, Pliauchenia (Megatylopus) gigas
Synonym: Paracamelus brevirostris Macdonald 1959
Full reference: W. D. Matthew and H. J. Cook. 1909. A Pliocene fauna from western Nebraska. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 26(27):361-414
Belongs to Megatylopus according to J. G. Honey et al. 1998
See also Gregory 1939, Harrison 1985, Macdonald 1959, Matthew and Cook 1909, Matthew and Stirton 1930, Patton 1969 and Webb 1965
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Megatylopus gigas: AMNH 14071, a skull
- Paracamelus brevirostris:
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (10: Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska collections)
• Miocene of United States (2: Montana, Nebraska)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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