Procamelus leptognathus Cope 1893 (camel)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1893. A preliminary report on the vertebrate paleontology of the Llano Estacado. Fourth Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Texas 1892:11-136

Belongs to Procamelus according to E. D. Cope 1893

See also Hay 1902, Honey et al. 1998 and Patton 1967

Sister taxa: Procamelus coconiensis, Procamelus coconinensis, Procamelus grandis, Procamelus leptocolon, Procamelus occidentalis, Procamelus virginiensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Charley Risley Ranch, which is in a Clarendonian floodplain claystone/sandstone in the Clarendon Beds Formation of Texas

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Noble Farm

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