Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Alternative combination: Oxydactylus brachyodontus
Full reference: O. A. Peterson. 1904. Osteology of Oxydactylus. A New Genus of Camels From the Loup Fork Of Nebraska, with Descriptions of Two New Species. Annals of Carnegie Museum 2(3):434-475
Belongs to Tanymykter according to J. G. Honey et al. 1998
See also Honey 2007, Honey and Taylor 1978, Loomis 1911 and Tedford et al. 1987
Sister taxon: Tanymykter longirostris
Type specimen: CMNH 664, a partial skeleton
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: California collection)
• Harrisonian of United States (4: Nebraska, Wyoming)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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