Paratylopus
Appearance
Paratylopus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Camelidae |
Tribe: | Camelini |
Genus: | †Paratylopus Matthew (1909) |
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Synonyms | |
Poebrotherium labratum |
Paratylopus is an extinct genus of
Mya, existing for approximately 18 million years.[1] Fossils have been found in western Wyoming, and from eastern Nebraska to northeastern Colorado and southwestern South Dakota
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References
- Jiménez-Hidalgo, Eduardo; Guerrero-Arenas, Rosalía (2018). "The Oldest Camel Footprints from Mexico" (PDF). Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana. 70 (2): 351 ‒ 359. .