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Extinct genus of mammals

Matthewlabis
Temporal range: Early Oligocene PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Camelidae
Genus: Matthewlabis
Prothero, 2011
Species
  • M. cedrensis Matthew 1901
Synonyms

Paralabis Lull 1921

Matthewlabis is an extinct genus of camelid endemic to North America. It lived in the Early Oligocene 33.3—30.8 mya, existing for approximately 2 million years. Fossils have been found only in Wyoming and eastern Nebraska. It was previously named Paralabis, but this name had been previously used for a genus of earwig, so the name was changed in 2011.

References

  1. Matthewlabis at fossilworks
  2. Prothero, Donald R. (2011). "Matthewlabis, new name for Paralabis Lull, 1921, preoccupied". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (5): 1168. Bibcode:2011JVPal..31.1168P. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.595468. S2CID 84511210.
Taxon identifiers
Matthewlabis


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