Aguascalientia
Aguascalientia Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Camelidae |
Subfamily: | † |
Genus: | †Aguascalientia Stevens 1977 |
Type species | |
A. wilsoni | |
Species | |
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Aguascalientia is an extinct genus of miniature camelids, endemic to North America (as far south as the Panama Canal) during the Early Miocene 23.0—20.4 mya existing for approximately 3 million years.[1][2]
References[]
- ^ a b c Rincon, A.F.; Bloch, J.I.; Suarez, C.; MacFadden, B.J.; Jaramillo, C.A. (2012). "New floridatragulines (Mammalia, Camelidae) from the early Miocene Las Cascadas Formation, Panama". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (2): 456–475. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.635736. S2CID 85984250.
- ^ Aguascalientia at fossilworks
Categories:
- Prehistoric camelids
- Prehistoric even-toed ungulate genera
- Miocene even-toed ungulates
- Miocene mammals of North America
- Fossil taxa described in 1977
- Prehistoric even-toed ungulate stubs