Eulamaops

Eulamaops is an extinct genus of terrestrial herbivores in the family Camelidae, endemic to South America during the Pleistocene (Lujanian, 781,000—12,000 years ago), existing about 0.769 million years .[1] Fossil remains of Eulamaops have been found in the Luján Formation in Argentina[1] in areas that would have been open grass and shrub land. [2] It is estimated to have weighed 150 kilograms [3]

Eulamaops
Temporal range: Mid-Late Pleistocene (Lujanian)
~0.718–0.012 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Camelidae
Tribe: Camelini
Genus: †Eulamaops
Ameghino 1889
Species

E. paralellus

Taxonomy

Eulamaops was named by Ameghino (1889). It was assigned to the Camelidae by Carroll (1988).

References
  1. PaleoBiology Database: Eulamaops, basic info
  2. CASSINI, Guillermo. "Evolutionary History of South American Artiodactyla" (PDF). Artiodactyla Evolutionary trends – via Research Gate.
  3. Vizcaíno, Sergio. "On the Evolution of Large Size in Mammalian Herbivores of Cenozoic Faunas of Southern South America" (PDF).


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