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