Biology:Eulamaops
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Short description: Extinct genus of mammals
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Camelidae |
| Subfamily: | Camelinae |
| Tribe: | Camelini |
| Genus: | †Eulamaops Ameghino, 1889 |
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E. paralellus | |
Eulamaops is an extinct genus of camelid belonging to the tribe Lamini, 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]
Taxonomy
Eulamaops was named by Ameghino (1889). It was assigned to the Camelidae by Carroll (1988).
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "PaleoBiology Database: Eulamaops, basic info". http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=42524&is_real_user=1.
- ↑ Cassini, Guillermo H.; Muñoz, Nahuel A.; Merino, Mariano L. (2016). "Evolutionary History of South American Artiodactyla". Contribuciones del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (6, Historia evolutiva y paleobiogeográfica de los vertebrados de América del Sur): 311–322. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331071363. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
- ↑ Vizcaíno, Sergio. "On the Evolution of Large Size in Mammalian Herbivores of Cenozoic Faunas of Southern South America". https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257931187.
Wikidata ☰ Q3004569 entry
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