''Eulamaops'' is an extinct genus of

camelid Camelids are members of the biological family (biology), family Camelidae, the only currently living family in the suborder Tylopoda. The seven extant taxon, extant members of this group are: dromedary, dromedary camels, Bactrian camels, wild Bac ...

belonging to the tribe

Lamini Lamini (members are called ''lamines'') is a tribe of the subfamily Camelinae. It contains one extant genus with four species, all exclusively from South America: llamas, alpacas, vicuñas, and guanacos. The former two are domesticated species, ...

, endemic to

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during the

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(

Lujanian The Lujanian age is a South American land mammal age within the Pleistocene and Holocene epochs of the Neogene, from 0.8–0.011 Mya (unit), Ma or 800–11 tya (unit), tya. It follows the Ensenadan. The age is usually divided into the middle Pleist ...

, 781,000—12,000 years ago), existing about . Fossil remains of ''Eulamaops'' have been found in the Luján Formation in

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in areas that would have been open grass and shrub land. It is estimated to have weighed 150 kilograms

Taxonomy

''Eulamaops'' was named by Ameghino (1889). It was assigned to the Camelidae by Carroll (1988).

References

Prehistoric camelids Monotypic prehistoric Artiodactyla genera Pleistocene Artiodactyla Pleistocene mammals of South America Lujanian Pleistocene Argentina Fossils of Argentina Fossil taxa described in 1889 Taxa named by Florentino Ameghino {{paleo-eventoedungulate-stub