Eulamaops

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]

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

E. paralellus

Taxonomy

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

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