Eulamaops is an extinct genus of camelid belonging to the tribe Lamini, 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] in areas that would have been open grass and shrub land. [2] It is estimated to have weighed 150 kilograms [3]

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

E. paralellus

Taxonomy

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

References

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  1. ^ a b "PaleoBiology Database: Eulamaops, basic info". Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
  2. ^ Cassini, Guillermo H.; Muñoz, Nahuel A.; Merino, Mariano L. (2016). "Evolutionary History of South American Artiodactyla". Contribuciones del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (6, Historia evolutiva y paleobiogeográfica de los vertebrados de América del Sur): 311–322. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-02-06. Retrieved 2020-10-18 – via Research Gate.
  3. ^ Vizcaíno, Sergio. "On the Evolution of Large Size in Mammalian Herbivores of Cenozoic Faunas of Southern South America".