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Camelus sivalensis

Mammalia - Camelidae

Taxonomy
Camelus sivalensis was named by Falconer and Cautley (1836). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chandigarh unknown formation, which is in a Pliocene/Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in India.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. alutensis, C. bessarabensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Camelus sivalensis Falconer and Cautley p. 120 figs. Plate XX-XX!, Figs 1-13
1840Camelus sivalensis Cautley and Falconer p. 503
1876Camelus sivalensis Lydekker

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
familyCamelidae
subfamilyCamelinaeGray 1821
tribeCamelini
genusCamelus
speciessivalensis

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.

†Camelus sivalensis Falconer and Cautley 1836
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: browserg
Diet 2: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:44:27
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:36:48
Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range: Late/Upper Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588India (Panjab) Camelus sivalensis (51106)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781India Camelus sivalensis (type locality: 194890)