Gentilicamelus

Gentilicamelus is an extinct genus of camelid endemic to North America. It lived during the Early Miocene 23.0–20.4 mya, existing for approximately 3 million years.[1]

Gentilicamelus
Temporal range:
Gentilicamelus sternbergi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Camelidae
Tribe: Camelini
Genus: Gentilicamelus
Loomis 1936
Species
  • G. sternbergi Cope 1879
  • G. cameloides Wortman 1898
Restoration of G. sternbergi (upper right) and other animals of the Kimberly Assemblage

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