Camelus grattardi
Appearance
Camelus grattardi Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Camelidae |
Genus: | Camelus |
Species: | †C. grattardi
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Binomial name | |
†Camelus grattardi Geraads, 2014
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Camelus grattardi is an extinct species of camel that inhabited Africa during the Pliocene epoch.
Distribution
[edit]Fossils of C. grattardi are known from Ethiopia.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Geraads, Denis (19 September 2014). "Camelus grattardi , sp. nov., a new camel from the Shungura Formation, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, and the relationships of African fossil Camelidae (Mammalia)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 34 (6): 1481–1485. doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.880447. ISSN 0272-4634. Retrieved 5 November 2024 – via Taylor and Francis Online.