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Camelus (camel)

Mammalia - Camelidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Camelus Linnaeus p. 65
1825Camelus Gray p. 342
1848Camelus Owen p. 139
1876Camelus Lydekker
1902Camelus Hay p. 680
1945Camelus Simpson p. 150
1965Camelus Webb p. 44
1988Camelus Carroll
1994Camelus Stanley et al. p. 1
2008Camelus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 974 figs. Fig. 5
2010Camelus Harris et al. p. 824
2020Camelus Lynch et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
familyCamelidae
subfamilyCamelinaeGray 1821
tribeCameliniGray 1821
genusCamelus

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. Camelus Linnaeus 1758 [camel]
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Camelus antiquus Falconer and Cautley 1836
Camelus bactrianus Linnaeus 1758
Camelus dromedarius Linnaeus 1758
Camelus grattardi Geraads 2014
Camelus knoblochi Nehring 1901
Camelus sivalensis Falconer and Cautley 1836
Camelus thomasi Pomel 1893
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Body mass estimates
estimateequationreference
 280.4 kg Mammalia femur diameterGingerich 1990
 289.0 kg Mammalia humerus diameterGingerich 1990
 176.0 kg Mammalia tibia diameterGingerich 1990
mean: 242.5 kg
Measurements
partNmean
femur diameter139.4
humerus diameter143.4
tibia diameter132.4

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: browserg
Diet 2: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Comments: primarily a browser based on Recent ecology (MacFadden and Cerling 1996)g
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MN 15 to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 4.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (43 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Kazakhstan Camelus praebactrianus (76289)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Tunisia (Bizerte ) Camelus thomasi (211247)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ukraine (Odessa) Camelus kujalnensis (76502)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) Camelus sp. (32050)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ukraine Camelus sp. (76538 76539)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malawi Camelus sp. (22323)
MN 15 - MN 164.2 - 2.588Ukraine Camelus alutensis (50943)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Morocco Camelus sp. (32052)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Ukraine Camelus sp. (76534)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Russian Federation Camelus sp. (76510 76530)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588India (Jammu) Camelus sp. (51101)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588India (Panjab) Camelus sivalensis (51106)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588India Camelus sp. (39209 39210)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia Camelus sp. (21608 21623 21640)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Kenya Camelus sp. (21479 21484)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Ethiopia (Afar) Camelus grattardi (224657)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Kenya (Rift Valley) Camelus sp. (21344)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781India Camelus sivalensis (194890)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary (Fejer) Camelus bessarabensis (35374 35380)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia Camelus grattardi (21671) Camelus sp. (21986 21999)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.781Kenya Camelus sp. (21454)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Tajikistan Camelus knoblochi (34104)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt Camelus sp. (21874) Camelus thomasi (21876)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Camelus maximus (231102)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781Algeria Camelus thomasi (22584)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Kazakhstan Camelus knoblochi (40496)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Morocco Camelus sp. (34330)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Syria Camelus dromedarius, Camelus bactrianus, Camelus thomasi (67660) Camelus sp. (34105)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.781 - 0.0117Kazakhstan Camelus knoblochi (40497)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Mongolia (Bayankhongor) Camelus knoblochi (230428)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Egypt Camelus thomasi (21877)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Israel (Mount Carmel) Camelus sp. (11803)