| Pliauchenia Temporal range: Eocene |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Suborder: | Ruminantia |
| Family: | Camelidae |
| Genus: | Pliauchenia Cope (1875) |
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Pliauchenia is an extinct genus of terrestrial herbivore the family Camelidae, endemic to North America during the Miocene 13.6—5.330 mya, existing for approximately 8.27 million years.[1]
Pliauchenia was named by Cope (1875) [called into question by Patton 1969a]. Its type is Pliauchenia humphreysiana. It was assigned to Camelidae by Cope (1875) and Carroll (1988).[2]
Fossil distribution ranged from Nebraska to California.