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Hemiauchenia paradoxa

Mammalia - Camelidae

Taxonomy
Hemiauchenia paradoxa was named by Gervais and Ameghino (1880). It is not extant. It is the type species of Hemiauchenia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. vitakerianus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Hemiauchenia paradoxa Gervais and Ameghino
1998Hemiauchenia paradoxa Honey et al. p. 451

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
suborderTylopoda()
familyCamelidae
subfamilyCamelinaeGray 1821
tribeLaminiWebb 1965
genusHemiauchenia
speciesparadoxa

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Hemiauchenia paradoxa Gervais and Ameghino 1880
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserg
Diet 2: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 10:39:26
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:39:26
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Ensenadan to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 1.75000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Bolivia Hemiauchenia paradoxa (142016)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) Hemiauchenia paradoxa (232453 232457)
Ensenadan1.75 - 0.4Argentina (Buenos Aires) Hemiauchenia paradoxa (213446)
Ensenadan1.75 - 0.4Argentina (Cordoba) Hemiauchenia paradoxa (123831)
Ensenadan1.75 - 0.4Argentina Hemiauchenia paradoxa (213464)
Lujanian (interglacial)0.4 - 0.0117Uruguay (Salto) Hemiauchenia paradoxa (140159)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Uruguay Hemiauchenia paradoxa (71274 71325)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) Hemiauchenia paradoxa (71303)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Entre Ríos) Hemiauchenia paradoxa (203955 203956 203957)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Chile Hemiauchenia paradoxa (190058)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Formosa) Hemiauchenia paradoxa (114698)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Santiago del Estero) Hemiauchenia paradoxa (191153)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina Hemiauchenia paradoxa (213470)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Hemiauchenia paradoxa (147598 148419 149093 149143)