Matthewlabis
Appearance
(Redirected from Paralabis)
Matthewlabis Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Camelidae |
Genus: | †Matthewlabis Prothero, 2011 |
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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
[edit]- ^ 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.