Paratylopus

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Paratylopus
Temporal range: Oligocene–Middle Miocene
Fossils
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Camelidae
Tribe: Camelini
Genus: Paratylopus
Matthew (1909)
Species
  • P. labiatus
  • P. primaevus
  • P. wortmani
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
.

Restoration of Paratylopus

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. .