Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Alternative combinations: Gentilicamelus leonardi, Protomeryx leonardi
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 J. G. Honey et al. 1998
See also Loomis 1911, Loomis 1936, McKenna and Love 1972 and Prothero 1996
Sister taxa: Miotylopus gibbi, Miotylopus taylori
Type specimen: ACM 2004, a mandible. Its type locality is Big Muddy Creek, which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-browser
Distribution:
• Harrisonian of United States (2: Nebraska, Wyoming collections)
• Arikareean of United States (3: Nebraska, Wyoming)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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