Camelinae

Camelinae; Temporal range: Early Miocene - Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Camelidae
Subfamily:	Camelinae ; Zittel, 1893
Tribes
	Camelini ; Lamini ;

Last updated August 23, 2025

Camelinae is a subfamily of artiodactyls of the family Camelidae. Camelinae include the tribes Camelini and Lamini. A third tribe, Camelopini, created by S. D. Webb (1965), was formerly included, but was discarded by J. A. Harrison (1979) after it was shown to be polyphyletic: it consisted of the genera Camelops and Megatylopus , which were moved to Camelini and Lamini respectively.^[1]

Taxonomy

Camelinae was named by Gray (1821). Its type is Camelus . It was assigned to Camelidae by Stanley et al. (1994) and Ruez (2005).^[2]

References

↑ Harrison, J. A (1979). "Revision of the Camelinae (Artiodactyla, Tylopoda) and description of the new genus Alforjas". University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions. 95 (4): 1–28. hdl:1808/3664.
↑ Ruez, D. R. (September 2005). "Earliest record of Palaeolama (Mammalia, Camelidae) with comments on "Palaeolama" guanajuatensis". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 25 (3): 741–744. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0741:EROPMC]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 4524496.

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[1] Harrison, J. A (1979). "Revision of the Camelinae (Artiodactyla, Tylopoda) and description of the new genus Alforjas". University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions. 95 (4): 1–28. hdl:1808/3664.

[2] Ruez, D. R. (September 2005). "Earliest record of Palaeolama (Mammalia, Camelidae) with comments on "Palaeolama" guanajuatensis". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 25 (3): 741–744. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0741:EROPMC]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 4524496.

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