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Paracamelus

Osteichthyes - Camelidae

Taxonomy
Paracamelus was named by Schlosser (1903). It is not extant. Its type is Paracamelus gigas.

It was assigned to Camelidae by Carroll (1988); and to Camelini by Webb (1965), Harris et al. (2010).

Species
P. agguirrei, P. alexejevi, P. alutensis, P. arenicola, P. gigas (type species), P. khersonensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. bessarabiensis, P. praebactrianus
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by G. Slater on 2023-04-04

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Paracamelus Schlosser
1932Paracamelus arenicola Reed and Longnecker
1965Paracamelus Webb p. 44
1988Paracamelus Carroll
2010Paracamelus Harris et al. p. 824

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
suborderTylopoda()
familyCamelidae
subfamilyCamelinaeGray 1821
tribeCamelini
genusParacamelus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Paracamelus Schlosser 1903
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†Paracamelus agguirrei Morales 1984
†Paracamelus alexejevi Khavesson 1950
†Paracamelus alutensis Stefanescu 1895
†Paracamelus gigas Schlosser 1903
†Paracamelus khersonensis Pavlow 1903
Invalid names: Paracamelus arenicola Reed and Longnecker 1932 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:42:02
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the MN 16 or 11.63000 to 2.24500 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nevada) P. sp. (182562)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6Chad P. sp. (24181)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Spain (Valencia) P. sp. (40758)
MN 136.965 - 5.09Türkiye P. agguirrei (78568)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Kazakhstan P. sp. (76289)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Moldova P. alexejevi (198590)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Bulgaria (Yambol) P. sp. (184410)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Romania (Moldova) P. bessarabiensis (39622)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Tajikistan P. praebactrianus (34444) P. sp. (34395 34396)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58China (Tianjin) P. gigas (231233)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') P. gigas, P. alutensis (39409)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Kazakhstan Gigantocamelus longipes (34437 34441)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ukraine (Odessa) P. sp. (76502)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Tajikistan (Zulfi) P. sp. (34434)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55China (Shanxi) P. sp. (42273)
MN 154.16 - 3.55Moldova P. alexejevi (50916 50920 50921 50940 50942)
MN 15 - MN 164.16 - 2.245Ukraine P. alexejevi (50943)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774China (Hebei) Camelus gigas (231023)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Romania P. alutensis (39869)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774China (Hebei) P. gigas (197069)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Türkiye P. sp. (39321)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Tajikistan P. gigas (34102)