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Australocamelus ✝

Description

Australocamelus is an extinct monospecific genus of camelid, endemic to North America. It lived during the Middle Miocene 16.3—13.6 mya, existing for approximately 2.7 million years.


From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australocamelus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4835381https://www.gbif.org/species/4835381
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)42517https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42517
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Camelidae : Australocamelus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Camelidae : Australocamelus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
orderUngulata
orderArtiodactylaOwen 1848
suborderTylopoda
superfamilyCameloidea
familyCamelidaeGray 1821
genusAustralocamelusPatton 1976
Scientific NameAustralocamelus Patton, 1976
Name Published InPatton, Thomas H. 1976. Miocene and Pliocene artiodactyls, Texas Gulf Coastal Plain. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 14(2): 115-226.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Australocamelusgenusbelongs to Camelidaestated without evidencePatton, 1969
Australocamelusgenussubjective synonym of Oxydactylusstated without evidenceTedford et al., 1987
Australocamelusgenusbelongs to Camelidaestated without evidenceTedford and Barghoorn, 1993
Australocamelusgenusbelongs to Camelidaestated with evidenceHoney et al., 1998
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance20.4 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance16.0 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Artiodactyla)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietbrowser, browser (based on Camelidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)T. H. Patton. 1969. Miocene and Pliocene Artiodactyls, Texas Gulf Coastal Plain. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 14(2)
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australocamelus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Australocamelus orarius ✝
species		doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		120.4 Ma
Miocene		20.4 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1969Australocamelus Patton
1993Australocamelus Tedford and Barghoorn
1998Australocamelus Honey et al.

References

Patton T. H. (1969) Miocene and Pliocene Artiodactyls, Texas Gulf Coastal Plain, Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 14 2
Tedford R. H., Barghoorn S. F. (1993) Road Log Neogene geology of the Española Basin, New Mexico, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 2, 169-178
Honey J. G., Harrison J. A., et al (1998) Camelidae, Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America 1, 439-462
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Bull. Fla St. Mus., Biol. Sci. 14 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus (supplementary record created) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Diss. Abstr. 27B: 2749 [as Australo-camelus]. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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