Eulamaops

Eulamaops is an extinct genus of camelid belonging to the tribe Lamini, endemic to South America during the Pleistocene (Lujanian, 781,000—12,000 years ago), existing about 0.769 million years.^[1] Fossil remains of Eulamaops have been found in the Luján Formation in Argentina^[1] in areas that would have been open grass and shrub land. ^[2] It is estimated to have weighed 150 kilograms ^[3]

Eulamaops Temporal range: Mid-Late Pleistocene (Lujanian) ~0.718–0.012 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Camelidae
Subfamily:	Camelinae
Tribe:	Camelini
Genus:	†Eulamaops Ameghino, 1889
Species
E. paralellus

Taxonomy

Eulamaops was named by Ameghino (1889). It was assigned to the Camelidae by Carroll (1988).

References

• Argentina portal
• Paleontology portal
• Prehistoric mammals portal

1. "PaleoBiology Database: Eulamaops, basic info". Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
2. Cassini, Guillermo H.; Muñoz, Nahuel A.; Merino, Mariano L. (2016). "Evolutionary History of South American Artiodactyla". Contribuciones del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (6, Historia evolutiva y paleobiogeográfica de los vertebrados de América del Sur): 311–322. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-02-06. Retrieved 2020-10-18 – via Research Gate.
3. Vizcaíno, Sergio. "On the Evolution of Large Size in Mammalian Herbivores of Cenozoic Faunas of Southern South America".