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Giant Camels from the Cenozoic of North America

1985; Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press; Issue: 57 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5479/si.00810266.57.1

1943-6688

Jessica A. Harrison,

Ecology and biodiversity studies

Harrison, Jessica A. Giant Camels from the Cenozoic of North America.Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, number 57, 29 pages, 17 figures, 1985.-Sevengenera of giant camels occurred in North America during the interval from the late Clarendonian to the early Holocene.Aepycamelus was the first camel to achieve giant size and is the only one not in the subfamily Camelinae.Blancocamelus and Camelops are in the tribe Lamini, and the remaining giant camels Megatylopus, Titanotylopus, Megacamelus, Gigantocamelus, and Camelus are in the tribe Camelini.Megacamelus is a late Hemphillian giant camel most closely related to Gigantocamelus.Titanotylopus is reserved for the brachyodont form from the Irvingtonian of Nebraska, and Giganto camelus is reinstated for the broad-chinned, Blancan form.