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Matthewlabis

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Matthewlabis
Temporal range: Early Oligocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Camelidae
Genus: Matthewlabis
Prothero, 2011
Species
  • M. cedrensis Matthew 1901
Synonyms

Paralabis Lull 1921

Matthewlabis is an extinct genus of camelid endemic to North America. It lived in the Early Oligocene 33.3—30.8 mya, existing for approximately 2 million years.[1] Fossils have been found only in Wyoming and eastern Nebraska. It was previously named Paralabis, but this name had been previously used for a genus of earwig, so the name was changed in 2011.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Matthewlabis at fossilworks
  2. ^ Prothero, Donald R. (2011). "Matthewlabis, new name for Paralabis Lull, 1921, preoccupied". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (5): 1168. Bibcode:2011JVPal..31.1168P. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.595468. S2CID 84511210.