Michenia Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Camelidae |
Tribe: | Camelini |
Genus: | †Michenia Frick and Taylor 1971 |
Type species | |
†Michenia agatensis | |
Species | |
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Michenia is an extinct genus of camelid endemic to North America. They lived from the Early Miocene to Middle Miocene 20.43—10.3 mya, existing for approximately 10 million years.[1] Fossil have been found from California to Texas, Alberta, Idaho and Nebraska.
Species
- M. agatensis Frick & Taylor 1971
- M. deschutensis Dingus 1990
- M. exilis Matthew & Macdonald 1960
- M. mudhillsnsis Pagnac 2005
References