Paracamelus

Paracamelus Temporal range: Middle Miocene–Early Pleistocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N (descendant taxon Camelus survives to present)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Camelidae
Tribe:	Camelini
Genus:	†Paracamelus Schlosser, 1903[1]
Type species
†Paracamelus gigas Schlosser, 1903
Species
P. aguirrei Morales, 1984 P. alexejevi Khavesson, 1950 P. alutensis Stefanescu, 1895 P. gigas Schlosser, 1903 P. khersonensis Pavlow, 1903 P. longipes Aubekerova, 1974 P. minor Logvynenko, 2001[2] P. praebactrianus Orlov, 1927 P. trofimovi Sharapov, 1986

Paracamelus is an extinct genus of

Taxonomy

Paracamelus was named by Schlosser (1903). Its type is Paracamelus gigas.^[3] P. gigas is known from the late Pliocene of China, while P. alutensis is known from the Plio-Pleistocene of Eastern Europe, P. alexejevi is known from Early Pliocene of Ukraine and P. aguirrei is known from the Late Miocene of Spain.^[4]

Evolutionary history

The closest relative of Paracamelus is disputed, with authors variously suggesting

References

1. ^ Schlosser, Max (1903). "Die fossilen Säugethiere Chinas nebst einer Odontographie der recenten Antilopen". Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Physikalischen Klasse der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 22 (1): 95–97; Pl. 9, Fig. 14, 26 {{cite journal}}: External link in |postscript= (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link)
2. ^ Logvynenko, V. M. (2001). "Paracamels minor (Camelidae, Tylopoda) — A New Camelid Species from the Middle Pliocene of Ukraine" (PDF). Vestnik Zoologii. 35 (1): 39–42.
3. ^ R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698
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Further reading

• Titov, Vadim V.; Logvynenko, Vitaliy N. (2006). "Early Paracamelus (Mammalia, Tylopoda) in Eastern Europe". Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. A: Vertebrata. 49 (1–2): 163–178.
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• Kostopoulos, Dimitris S.; Sen, Sevket (1999). "Late Pliocene (Villafranchian) mammals from Sarikol Tepe, Ankara, Turkey". Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und historische Geologie. 39: 187–192.

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