Matthewlabis
| Matthewlabis Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Camelidae |
| Genus: | † Prothero, 2011 |
| Species | |
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| 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.[1] 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.[2]
References
- ^ Matthewlabis at fossilworks
- ^ 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.