Tanupolama longurio Hay 1921 (camel)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae

Alternative combination: Procamelus longurio

Full reference: O. P. Hay. 1921. Descriptions of species of Pleistocene Vertebrata, types or specimens of most of which are preserved in the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 59:599-642

Belongs to Tanupolama according to S. D. Webb 1965

See also Hay 1921, Hibbard and Dalquest 1962, Honey et al. 1998, Savage 1951, Schultz 1937 and Webb 1974

Sister taxa: Hemiauchenia blancoensis, Hemiauchenia edensis, Hemiauchenia gracilis, Hemiauchenia guanajuatensis, Hemiauchenia macrocephala, Hemiauchenia minima, Hemiauchenia paradoxa, Auchenia vitakeriana

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Tanupolama longurio in the database

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