Miotylopus

Miotylopus is an extinct genus of camelid endemic to North America. It lived during the Early Miocene 24.8—20.4 mya, existing for approximately 5 million years .[1] Fossils have been found in Wyoming and from Nebraska to Southern California.

Miotylopus
Temporal range: Early Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Camelidae
Tribe: Camelini
Genus: †Miotylopus
Schlaikjer 1935
Species
  • M. gibbi Loomis 1911
  • M. leonardi Loomis 1911
  • M. taylori Prothero 1996

References
  1. Miotylopus at fossilworks


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