Biology:Aguascalientia

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Short description: Extinct genus of mammals

Aguascalientia
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Camelidae
Subfamily: Floridatragulinae
Genus: Aguascalientia
Stevens 1977
Type species
Aguascalientia wilsoni
Species
  • A. wilsoni (Dalquest & Mooser, 1974)
  • A. panamaensis Rincon et al, 2012[1]
  • A. minuta Rincon et al, 2012[1]

Aguascalientia is an extinct genus of miniature camelids, endemic to North America (as far south as the Panama Canal) during the Early Miocene 23.0—20.4 mya existing for approximately 3 million years.[1][2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rincon, A.F.; Bloch, J.I.; Suarez, C.; MacFadden, B.J.; Jaramillo, C.A. (2012). "New floridatragulines (Mammalia, Camelidae) from the early Miocene Las Cascadas Formation, Panama". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 (2): 456–475. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.635736. Bibcode2012JVPal..32..456R. 
  2. Aguascalientia at fossilworks

Wikidata ☰ Q748938 entry