Eulamaops Explained

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 .[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]

Taxonomy

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: PaleoBiology Database: Eulamaops, basic info . 2009-09-18 . 2012-10-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121013224550/http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=42524&is_real_user=1 . live .
  2. Cassini. Guillermo H. . Muñoz . Nahuel A. . Merino . Mariano L. . Evolutionary History of South American Artiodactyla. Contribuciones del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales . 2016 . 6, Historia evolutiva y paleobiogeográfica de los vertebrados de América del Sur . 311–322 . Research Gate. 2020-10-18. 2021-02-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20210206214641/https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Guillermo_Cassini/publication/331071363_Evolutionary_History_of_South_American_Artiodactyla/links/5c641ed845851582c3e5aeb0/Evolutionary-History-of-South-American-Artiodactyla.pdf. live.
  3. Web site: Vizcaíno. Sergio. On the Evolution of Large Size in Mammalian Herbivores of Cenozoic Faunas of Southern South America.

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