Tanymykter
Appearance
Tanymykter Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Camelidae |
Tribe: | Camelini |
Genus: | †Tanymykter Honey and Taylor 1978 |
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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.[1] Fossils have been found from Wyoming and Nebraska to Santa Barbara County, California.
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