Eulamaops

Eulamaops
Temporal range: Pleistocene
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Suborder: Ruminantia
Family: Camelidae
Genus: Eulamaops
Ameghino (1889)
Species

E. paralellus

Eulamaops is an extinct genus of terrestrial herbivore in the family Camelidae, endemic to South America during the Pleistocene 800,000—11,000 years ago, existing for approximately 0.789 million years.[1]

Taxonomy

Eulamaops was named by Ameghino (1889). It was assigned to Camelidae by Carroll (1988).

References

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