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North American Camel
North American camel may refer to: *Camelini, a tribe of mammals with several prehistoric genera which lived in North America, including: **''Camelops'' **''Megatylopus ''Megatylopus'' (also known as the North American camel) is an extinct genus of large camel, endemic to North America from the Late Miocene to the Pliocene, existing for approximately . Fossil distribution ranged from North Carolina to Califor ...'' Camelids {{Short pages monitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camelini
Camelini is a tribe of terrestrial herbivores in the family Camelidae, endemic to Asia, North America, and Africa from the Late Eocene to the present. It includes the living genus ''Camelus'' as the type genus. At least one genus, '' Eulamaops'', reached South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe .... Genera References {{Taxonbar, from=Q2934737 Camelids Pliocene even-toed ungulates Pleistocene even-toed ungulates Mammal tribes Extant Eocene first appearances ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camelops
''Camelops''Being occasionally called ''Western Camel'' or ''Yesterday's Camel''. is an extinct genus of camels that lived in North and Central America, ranging from Alaska to Guatemala, from the middle Pliocene to the end of the Pleistocene. It is more closely related to the Old World dromedary and bactrian and wild bactrian camels than the New World guanaco, vicuña, alpaca and llama; making it a true camel of the Camelini tribe. Its name is derived from the Ancient Greek (, "camel") and (, "face"), i.e. "camel-face". Taxonomy and evolution The genus ''Camelops'' first appeared during the middle Pliocene (about 4.0–3.2 million years ago (Mya) in southern North America and became extinct at the end of the Pleistocene (around 11,000 years ago). Despite the fact that camels are popularly associated with the deserts of Asia and Africa, the family Camelidae, which comprises camels and llamas, originated in North America during the middle Eocene period, at least 44 Mya. Both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megatylopus
''Megatylopus'' (also known as the North American camel) is an extinct genus of large camel, endemic to North America from the Late Miocene to the Pliocene, existing for approximately . Fossil distribution ranged from North Carolina to California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori .... It stood about tall. References Miocene even-toed ungulates Pliocene even-toed ungulates Prehistoric even-toed ungulate genera Miocene genus first appearances Pliocene genus extinctions Neogene mammals of North America Blancan Hemphillian Fossil taxa described in 1909 Ringold Formation Miocene Fauna Camelids {{paleo-eventoedungulate-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
