Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Alternative combination: Oxydactylus gibbi
Synonyms: Dyseotylopus migrans Stock 1935, Miotylopus bathygnathus Schlaikjer 1935
Full reference: F. B. Loomis. 1911. The camels of the Harrison beds, with three new species. American Journal of Science 31(181):65-70
Belongs to Miotylopus according to D. R. Prothero 1996
See also Honey et al. 1998, Lander 1983, Loomis 1911, McKenna 1966, McKenna and Love 1972, Schlaikjer 1935, Stock 1935 and Tedford et al. 1987
Sister taxa: Miotylopus leonardi, Miotylopus taylori
Type specimens:
- Miotylopus gibbi: YPM 10328, a partial skull (the palate and lower jaws with complete dentition, except that the third molar is lacking in each jaw). Its type locality is Big Muddy Creek, which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.
- Dyseotylopus migrans: CIT 1721, a skull. Its type locality is Kew Quarry, which is in a Whitneyan/Arikareean terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Sespe Formation of California.
- Miotylopus bathygnathus: MCZ 2924, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Sixty Six Mountain (Upper), which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in the Harrison Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-browser
Distribution:
• Harrisonian of United States (1: Wyoming collection)
• Arikareean of United States (5: Nebraska, Wyoming)
• Oligocene of United States (2: California, Nebraska)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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