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Tanymykter

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Extinct genus of mammals

Tanymykter
Temporal range: Early Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ 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
Tribe: Camelini
Genus: †Tanymykter
Honey and Taylor 1978
Species
  • T. brachyodontus Peterson 1904
  • T. longirostris Peterson 1911

Tanymykter is an extinct genus of camelid, endemic to North America. It lived during the Miocene epoch 20.4—16.0 mya, existing for approximately 4 million years. Fossils have been found from Wyoming and Nebraska to Santa Barbara County, California.

References

  1. Tanymykter at fossilworks
Taxon identifiers
Tanymykter


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