Michenia
Michenia is an extinct genus of camelid endemic to North America. They lived from the Early Miocene to Middle Miocene 20.43—10.3 mya, existing for approximately 10 million years .[1] Fossil have been found from California to Texas, Alberta, Idaho and Nebraska.
| Michenia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Camelidae |
| Tribe: | Camelini |
| Genus: | †Michenia Frick and Taylor 1971 |
| Type species | |
| Michenia agatensis | |
| Species | |
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Species
- M. agatensis Frick & Taylor 1971
- M. deschutensis Dingus 1990
- M. exilis Matthew & Macdonald 1960
- M. mudhillsnsis Pagnac 2005
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