Camelus grattardi
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| Camelus grattardi Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Camelidae |
| Genus: | Camelus |
| Species: | †C. grattardi
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| †Camelus grattardi Geraads, 2014
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Camelus grattardi is an extinct species of camel that inhabited Africa during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs.
Distribution
Fossils of C. grattardi are known from Ethiopia.[1][2][3]
References
- ↑ Geraads, Denis (19 September 2014). "Camelus grattardi , sp. nov., a new camel from the Shungura Formation, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, and the relationships of African fossil Camelidae (Mammalia)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 34 (6): 1481–1485. doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.880447. ISSN 0272-4634. Retrieved 5 November 2024 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
- ↑ Rowan, John; Martini, Pietro; Likius, Andossa; Merceron, Gildas; Boisserie, Jean-Renaud (24 January 2018). "New Pliocene remains of Camelus grattardi (Mammalia, Camelidae) from the Shungura Formation, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, and the evolution of African camels". Historical Biology: 1–12. doi:10.1080/08912963.2017.1423485. ISSN 0891-2963. Retrieved 8 November 2024 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
- ↑ Geraads, Denis; Barr, W. Andrew; Reed, Denne; Laurin, Michel; Alemseged, Zeresenay (12 December 2019). "New Remains of Camelus grattardi (Mammalia, Camelidae) from the Plio-Pleistocene of Ethiopia and the Phylogeny of the Genus". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 28 (2): 359–370. doi:10.1007/s10914-019-09489-2. ISSN 1064-7554. Retrieved 12 November 2024 – via Springer Link.
