Titanotylopus
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Titanotylopus is an extinct genus of camel (tribe Camelini), endemic to North America from the late Hemphillian stage of the Miocene through the Irvingtonian stage of the Pleistocene.[2] It was one of the last surviving North American camels; after its extinction, only Camelops remained.
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T. nebraskensis skeleton at Natural History Museum Los Angeles | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Camelidae |
Tribe: | Camelini |
Genus: | †Titanotylopus Barbour & Schultz, 1934[1] |
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†Titanotylopus nebraskensis | |
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Its name is derived from the Greek words Τιτάν, τύλος and πούς — "Titan", "knob" and "foot"; thus, "giant knobby-foot".