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Camelids are members of the biological family Camelidae, ... [13] [14] The divergence date is 0.7 million years ago, long before the start of domestication. [14]
Camelini is a tribe of camelids including all camelids more closely related to modern camels (Camelus) than to Lamini (which contains llamas, alpacas, vicuñas, and guanacos), from which camelines split approximately 17 million years ago.
The jaw and dental morphology of Palaeolama species distinguish them from other laminae. They tend to have a comparatively more dorsoventrally gracile mandible. [4] [2] Like Hemiauchenia, Palaeolama species lack second deciduous premolars and can further be differentiated by the distinct size and shape of their third deciduous premolars.
Tylopoda was named by Illiger (1811) and considered monophyletic by Matthew (1908). It was treated as an unranked clade by Matthew (1908) and as a suborder by Carroll (1988), Ursing et al. (2000) and Whistler and Webb (2005).
Aepycamelus is an extinct genus of camelids that lived during the Miocene 20.6–4.9 million years ago, existing for about 1] Its name is derived from the Homeric Greek αἰπύς, "high and steep" and κάμηλος – "camel"; [2] [3] thus, "high camel"; alticamelus in Latin. Aepycamelus spp. walked on their toes only.
The closest relative of Paracamelus is disputed, with authors variously suggesting Megacamelus, Procamelus, and Megatylopus as likely candidates. [5] During the latest Miocene around 6 million years ago, the genus spread to Eurasia across the Bering land bridge, arriving in Spain just prior to the Messinian Salinity Crisis at approximately 6 Ma, [6] with the earliest fossils in Africa around ...
Titanotylopus is distinguished from other early large camelids by its large upper canines amongst other distinguishing dental characteristics, and absence of lacrimal vacuities in the skull. Unlike the smaller, contemporaneous Camelops , Titanotylopus had relatively broad second phalanges , suggesting that it had true padded "cameltoes", like ...
Individual camelids (1 C, 4 P) L. Llamas (3 C, 9 P) P. Prehistoric camelids (38 P) Pages in category "Camelids" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 ...