Eulamaops
Eulamaops is an extinct genus of terrestrial herbivores in the family Camelidae, endemic to South America during the Pleistocene (Lujanian, 781,000—12,000 years ago), existing about 0.769 million years.[1] Fossil remains of Eulamaops have been found in the Luján Formation in Argentina[1] in areas that would have been open grass and shrub land. [2] It is estimated to have weighed 150 kilograms [3]
| Eulamaops | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Camelidae |
| Tribe: | Camelini |
| Genus: | †Eulamaops Ameghino 1889 |
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E. paralellus | |
Taxonomy
Eulamaops was named by Ameghino (1889). It was assigned to the Camelidae by Carroll (1988).
References
- "PaleoBiology Database: Eulamaops, basic info". Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
- CASSINI, Guillermo. "Evolutionary History of South American Artiodactyla" (PDF). Artiodactyla Evolutionary trends. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-02-06. Retrieved 2020-10-18 – via Research Gate.
- Vizcaíno, Sergio. "On the Evolution of Large Size in Mammalian Herbivores of Cenozoic Faunas of Southern South America" (PDF).
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