Floridatragulus

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Floridatragulus
Temporal range: Early Miocene–Middle Miocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Camelidae
Subfamily: Floridatragulinae
Genus: Floridatragulus
White 1940
Type species
Floridatragulus dolichanthereus
Species
  • F. dolichanthereus White 1940
  • F. hesperusPatton 1969
  • F. nanusPatton 1969
  • F. texanusPatton 1969
Synonyms

Hypermekops

Floridatragulus is an extinct genus of camelids. It lived in North America during the Early to Middle Miocene, about 20.6—15.9 mya, existing for approximately 5 million years. [1]

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