Camelidae
- Camelinae (camels, llamas, and their relatives)
- Floridatragulinae
- Floridatragulus
- Aguascalientia
- Floridatragulus
- Miolabinae
- Paramiolabis
- Miolabis
- Cuyamacamelus
- Nothotylopus
- Capricamelus
- Paramiolabis
- Protolabinae
- Tanymykter
- Protolabis
- Michenia
- Tanymykter
- Stenomylinae
- Stenomylus
- Blickomylus
- Rakomylus
- Pseudolabis
- Miotylopus
- Stenomylus
- Poebrodon
- Hidrosotherium
- Poebrotherium
- Paralabis
- Paratylopus
- Oxydactylus (incertae sedis)
- Australocamelus (incertae sedis)
- Priscocamelus (incertae sedis)
- Nothokemas (incertae sedis)
- Gentilicamelus (incertae sedis)
References
Harrison, J. A. 1985. Giant camels from the Cenozoic of North America. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleontology 5:1-29.
Honey, J. G., J. A. Harrison, D. R. Prothero, and M. S. Stevens. 1998. Camelidae. Pages 439-462 in: Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike Mammals. C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs, eds. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Janis, C. M., J. M. Theodor, and B. Boisvert. 2002. Locomotor evolution in camels revisited: A quantitative analysis of pedal anatomy and the acquisition of the pacing gait. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(1):110-121.
McKenna, M.C. 1966. Synopsis of Whitneyan and Arikareean camelid phylogeny. American Museum Novitates 2253:1-11.
McKenna, M. C. and S. K. Bell. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York.
Prothero, D. R. 1996. Camelidae. Pages 609-651 in: The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America. D. R. Prothero and R. J. Emry, eds. Cambridge University Press, New York.
Stanley, H.F. , M. Kadwell, and J.C. Wheeler. 1994. Molecular evolution of the family Camelidae: a mitochondrial DNA study. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 256(1345):1-6.
Whistler, D. P. and S. D. Webb. 2005. New goatlike camelid from the late Pliocene of Tecopa Lake Basin, California. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Contributions in Science 503:1-40.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Camelus bactrianus |
|---|---|
| Creator | Photograph by Gary M. Stolz |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source Collection | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Online Digital Media Library |
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