Misplaced Pages

Hesperocamelus

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Extinct genus of mammals

Hesperocamelus
Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Camelidae
Tribe: Camelini
Genus: †Hesperocamelus
MacDonald, 1949
Species
  • H. stylodon

Hesperocamelus is an extinct genus of terrestrial herbivore in the family Camelidae, endemic to North America from the Miocene.

Taxonomy

Hesperocamelus was named by Macdonald (1949). It was assigned to Camelidae by Macdonald (1949) and Carroll (1988). Its name comes from the Ancient Greek: ἕσπερος (hésperos, "western") and κάμηλος (kámelos, "camel"), Latinised.

Fossil distribution

Fossil distribution is restricted to Nevada and California.

References

  1. PaleoBiology Database: Hesperocamelus, basic info
  2. J. R. Macdonald. 1949. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 28(7)
  3. R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698
  4. ἕσπερος. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project
  5. κάμηλος. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project
Taxon identifiers
Hesperocamelus


Stub icon

This prehistoric even-toed ungulate-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: