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| Megatylopus Temporal range: Late Miocene-Late Pliocene (Hemphillian-Blancan) ~10.3–2.58 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Front limb bone of Megatylopus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Camelidae |
| Subfamily: | Camelinae |
| Tribe: | Camelini |
| Genus: | †Megatylopus Matthew & Cook, 1909 |
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| †Pliauchenia gigas | |
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Megatylopus (also known as the North American camel) is an extinct genus of large camel, endemic to North America from the Late Miocene to the Pliocene, existing for approximately 7.4 million years. Fossil distribution ranged from North Carolina to California. It stood about 4.2 metres (14 ft) tall.
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