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Aguascalientia

Aguascalientia is an extinct genus of miniature camelids, endemic to North America during the Early Miocene 23.0—20.4 mya existing for approximately 3 million years.

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Aguascalientia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Camelidae
Subfamily: Floridatragulinae
Genus: Aguascalientia
Stevens 1977
Type species
Aguascalientia wilsoni
Species
  • A. wilsoni (Dalquest & Mooser, 1974)
  • A. panamaensis Rincon et al, 20121
  • A. minuta Rincon et al, 20121

Aguascalientia is an extinct genus of miniature camelids, endemic to North America (as far south as the Panama Canal) during the Early Miocene 23.0—20.4 mya existing for approximately 3 million years.12

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References

  1. Rincon, A.F.; Bloch, J.I.; Suarez, C.; MacFadden, B.J.; Jaramillo, C.A. (2012). "New floridatragulines (Mammalia, Camelidae) from the early Miocene Las Cascadas Formation, Panama". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (2): 456–475. Bibcode:2012JVPal..32..456R. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.635736. S2CID 85984250.
  2. Aguascalientia at fossilworks