Camelinae
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| Camelinae Temporal range: Miocene–Recent |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Suborder: | Ruminantia |
| Family: | Camelidae |
| Subfamily: | Camelinae |
| Tribes | |
Camelinae is a subfamily of terrestrial herbivore of the family Camelidae, endemic to Asia, Eurasia, South America, North America, and Africa appearing during the Miocene 13.6 mya, existing for approximately 13.6 million years.[1]
Camelinae include the tribes Camelini and Lamini.
[edit] Taxonomy
Camelinae was named by Gray (1821). Its type is Camelus. It was assigned to Camelidae by Stanley et al. (1994) and Ruez (2005).[2]
[edit] References
- ^ PaleoBiology Database: Camelinae, basic info
- ^ D. R. Ruez. 2005. Earliest record of Palaeolama (Mammalia, Camelidae) with comments on "Palaeolama" guanajuatensis. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(3):741-744
