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Gentilicamelus

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Gentilicamelus
Temporal range: Early Miocene
Gentilicamelus sternbergi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Camelidae
Tribe: Camelini
Genus: Gentilicamelus
Loomis 1936
Species
  • G. sternbergi Cope 1879
  • G. cameloides Wortman 1898
Restoration of G. sternbergi (upper right) and other animals of the Kimberly Assemblage

Gentilicamelus is an extinct genus of camelid endemic to North America. It lived during the Early Miocene 23.0–20.4 mya, existing for approximately 3 million years.[1]

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