Floridatragulinae
| Floridatragulinae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Camelidae |
| Subfamily: | †Floridatragulinae Maglio, 1966 |
| Type genus | |
| †Floridatragulus | |
| Genera | |
Floridatragulinae or Floridatragulina is an extinct subfamily or subtribe of Camelidae that were endemic to North America, ranging from the Late Eocene to the Middle Miocene.[1][2] Members of this group differ from other camelids by their elongated snouts, where there is a significant diastema between the canine and first premolar tooth. Their teeth were blade-like, suggesting they were browsers. The floridatragulines include the genera Aguascalientia, Floridatragulus, and Stevenscamelus, and as a whole were closer in relation to the group leading up to the extant camelids, though studies may actually subsume them as a subtribe within Lamini.[2]
References
- ^ Rincon, A.F.; Bloch, J.I.; Suarez, C.; MacFadden, B.J.; Jaramillo, C.A. (2012). "New floridatragulines (Mammalia, Camelidae) from the early Miocene Las Cascadas Formation, Panama". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (2): 456–475. Bibcode:2012JVPal..32..456R. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.635736. S2CID 85984250.
- ^ a b Prothero, Donald; Beatty, Brian Lee; Marriott, Katherine (2023). "Systematics of the Long-nosed Floridatraguline Camels (Artiodactyla: Camelidae)". Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Geological Society of America. doi:10.1130/abs/2023am-391561.