Megatylopus (also known as the North American camel) is an extinct genus of large camel, endemic to North America from the Late Miocene to the Pliocene, existing for approximately 7.4 million years.[1] Fossil distribution ranged from North Carolina to California. It stood about 4.2 metres (14 ft) tall.[2]
megatylopus, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, june, 2022, le. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Megatylopus news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Megatylopus also known as the North American camel is an extinct genus of large camel endemic to North America from the Late Miocene to the Pliocene existing for approximately 7 4 million years 1 Fossil distribution ranged from North Carolina to California It stood about 4 2 metres 14 ft tall 2 MegatylopusTemporal range Late Miocene Late Pliocene Hemphillian Blancan 10 3 2 58 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg NFront limb bone of MegatylopusScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass MammaliaOrder ArtiodactylaFamily CamelidaeSubfamily CamelinaeTribe CameliniGenus MegatylopusMatthew amp Cook 1909Type species Pliauchenia gigasSpeciesM gigas M cochrani M matthewi M primaevusReferences edit Megatylopus at fossilworks OU Foundation archived nbsp This prehistoric even toed ungulate related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Megatylopus amp oldid 1191077383, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
