Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Full reference: W. D. Matthew and J. R. Macdonald. 1960. Two new species of Oxydactylus from the middle Miocene Rosebud Formation in western South Dakota. American Museum Novitates 2003:1-7
Belongs to Oxydactylus according to W. D. Matthew and J. R. Macdonald 1960
See also Honey et al. 1998
Sister taxa: Oxydactylus benedentatus, Oxydactylus campestris, Oxydactylus longipes, Oxydactylus lulli, Oxydactylus wyomingensis
Type specimen: AMNH 12999, a partial skeleton (partial cranium and skeletal fragments). Its type locality is AMNH Rosebud 5, which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Rosebud Formation of South Dakota.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-browser
Distribution:
• Harrisonian of United States (2: Montana, South Dakota collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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