Eulamaops
Eulamaops | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Camelidae |
Tribe: | Camelini |
Genus: | †Eulamaops Ameghino 1889 |
Species | |
E. paralellus |
Eulamaops is an extinct genus of terrestrial herbivores in the family Camelidae, endemic to South America during the Pleistocene (Lujanian, 781,000—12,000 years ago), existing about 0.769 million years.[1] Fossil remains of Eulamaops have been found in the Luján Formation in Argentina[1] in areas that would have been open grass and shrub land. [2] It is estimated to have weighed 150 kilograms [3]
Taxonomy[]
Eulamaops was named by Ameghino (1889). It was assigned to the Camelidae by Carroll (1988).
References[]
- ^ a b "PaleoBiology Database: Eulamaops, basic info". Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
- ^ CASSINI, Guillermo. "Evolutionary History of South American Artiodactyla" (PDF). Artiodactyla Evolutionary trends. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-02-06. Retrieved 2020-10-18 – via Research Gate.
- ^ Vizcaíno, Sergio. "On the Evolution of Large Size in Mammalian Herbivores of Cenozoic Faunas of Southern South America" (PDF).
Categories:
- Prehistoric camelids
- Prehistoric even-toed ungulate genera
- Pleistocene even-toed ungulates
- Pleistocene mammals of South America
- Lujanian
- Pleistocene Argentina
- Fossils of Argentina
- Fossil taxa described in 1889
- Taxa named by Florentino Ameghino
- Prehistoric even-toed ungulate stubs