Gentilicamelus
Gentilicamelus Temporal range:
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Gentilicamelus sternbergi | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Camelidae |
Tribe: | Camelini |
Genus: | †Gentilicamelus Loomis 1936 |
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Gentilicamelus is an extinct genus of camelid endemic to North America. It lived during the Early Miocene 23.0–20.4 mya, existing for approximately 3 million years.[1]
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Categories:
- Prehistoric camelids
- Oligocene even-toed ungulates
- Miocene even-toed ungulates
- Aquitanian genus extinctions
- Prehistoric mammals of North America
- Rupelian genus first appearances
- Fossil taxa described in 1936
- Prehistoric even-toed ungulate genera
- Prehistoric even-toed ungulate stubs