Paratylopus

Paratylopus Temporal range: Oligocene–Middle Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossils
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Camelidae
Tribe:	Camelini
Genus:	†Paratylopus Matthew (1909)
Species
P. labiatus P. primaevus P. wortmani
Synonyms
Poebrotherium labratum

Paratylopus is an extinct genus of camelid, endemic to North America. It lived from the Oligocene to the Middle Miocene 33.9—16.0 Mya, existing for approximately 18 million years.[1] Fossils have been found in western Wyoming, and from eastern Nebraska to northeastern Colorado and southwestern South Dakota.

Restoration of Paratylopus

References

1. Paratylopus at fossilworks

• Jiménez-Hidalgo, Eduardo; Guerrero-Arenas, Rosalía (2018). "The Oldest Camel Footprints from Mexico" (PDF). Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana. 70 (2): 351 ‒ 359. doi:10.18268/BSGM2018v70n2a5.