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Eulamaops

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Eulamaops
Temporal range: Mid-Late Pleistocene (Lujanian)
~0.718–0.012 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Camelidae
Tribe: Camelini
Genus: Eulamaops
Ameghino 1889
Species

E. paralellus

Eulamaops is an extinct genus of terrestrial herbivores in the family Camelidae, endemic to South America during the Pleistocene (Lujanian, 781,000—12,000 years ago), existing about 0.769 million years.[1] Fossil remains of Eulamaops have been found in the Luján Formation in Argentina.[1]

Taxonomy

Eulamaops was named by Ameghino (1889). It was assigned to the Camelidae by Carroll (1988).

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