Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Parent taxon: Camelinae according to S. Lynch et al. 2020
See also Baskin and Thomas 2015, Honey et al. 1998, Hulbert and Whitmore 2006, Meachen 2005, Ruez 2005, Stanley et al. 1994, Webb 1965 and Webb and Meachen 2004
Sister taxa: Alforjas, Camelini, Camelopini, Hesperocamelus, Procamelus minor, Prochenia, Protolabidini
Subtaxa: Aepycamelus Blancocamelus Eulamaops Hemiauchenia Lama Palaeolama Pleiolama Pliauchenia Procamelus Procamelus edensis raki Tanupolama parvus Vicugna
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (58 collections), Bolivia (8), Brazil (27), Canada (2: Alberta), Chile (11), Ecuador (6), Guatemala (1), Mexico (11), Paraguay (1), Peru (8), United States (115: Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming), Uruguay (6), Venezuela (1)
• Blancan of El Salvador (1), Mexico (6), United States (73: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas, Washington)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Peru (1), Uruguay (1)
• Pliocene of Argentina (6), United States (5: California, Idaho, North Carolina, Texas)
• Hemphillian of Costa Rica (1), Honduras (2), Mexico (12), United States (73: Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: Oklahoma)
• Miocene of El Salvador (1), Kazakhstan (1), Mexico (1), Ukraine (1), United States (158: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming)
Total: 599 collections including 706 occurrences