Paratylopus

Paratylopus
Temporal range:
Fossils
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Camelidae
Tribe: Camelini
Genus: †
Matthew (1909)
Species
  • P. labiatus
  • P. primaevus
  • P. wortmani
Synonyms

Poebrotherium labratum

Paratylopus is an extinct genus of camelid, endemic to North America. It lived from the Oligocene to the Middle Miocene 33.9—16.0 Mya, existing for approximately 18 million years.[1] Fossils have been found in western Wyoming, and from eastern Nebraska to northeastern Colorado and southwestern South Dakota.

Restoration of Paratylopus

References

  1. ^ Paratylopus at fossilworks
  • Jiménez-Hidalgo, Eduardo; Guerrero-Arenas, Rosalía (2018). "The Oldest Camel Footprints from Mexico" (PDF). Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana. 70 (2): 351 ‒ 359. doi:10.18268/BSGM2018v70n2a5.


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