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Hemiauchenia macrocephala

Mammals

Hemiauchenia macrocephala is an extinct species of camelid, a member of the family Camelidae now placed in the genus Hemiauchenia. It was first described under another genus name by Cope in 1893, and the Paleobiology Database records it as an extinct species of the order Artiodactyla, the even-toed ungulates. The database dates the species from the Zanclean to the Holocene stage of the early Pliocene, between about 4.7 and 0 million years ago, from 66 fossil occurrences, found in Canada (Alberta) and Mexico (Sonora) and El Salvador and the United States. Its ecospace record gives a terrestrial, ground-dwelling way of life and a browsing or grazing diet, values taken from the wider family, since fossils of the species itself do not show how it fed. The Wikipedia article on the genus Hemiauchenia names the species, which is the second source for the name.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Herbivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Living or Extinct
No 1
Scientific Name
Hemiauchenia macrocephala 2
Conservation Status
Extinct 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Camelidae, Taxa
Source Hemiauchenia macrocephala (Paleobiology Database)
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Alberta

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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Hemiauchenia macrocephalaOccurrence record, place
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"state": "Alberta"
California

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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Hemiauchenia macrocephalaOccurrence record, place
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"state": "California"
Colorado

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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Hemiauchenia macrocephalaOccurrence record, place
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"state": "Colorado"
El Salvador

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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Hemiauchenia macrocephalaOccurrence record, place
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"cc": "SV"
Florida

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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Hemiauchenia macrocephalaOccurrence record, place
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"state": "Florida"
Idaho

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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Hemiauchenia macrocephalaOccurrence record, place
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"state": "Idaho"
Kansas

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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Hemiauchenia macrocephalaOccurrence record, place
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"state": "Kansas"
Mississippi

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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Hemiauchenia macrocephalaOccurrence record, place
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"state": "Mississippi"
Nebraska

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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Hemiauchenia macrocephalaOccurrence record, place
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"state": "Nebraska"
Nevada

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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Hemiauchenia macrocephalaOccurrence record, place
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"state": "Nevada"
New Mexico

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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Hemiauchenia macrocephalaOccurrence record, place
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"state": "New Mexico"
Oklahoma

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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Hemiauchenia macrocephalaOccurrence record, place
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"state": "Oklahoma"
Sonora

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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Hemiauchenia macrocephalaOccurrence record, place
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"state": "Sonora"
South Carolina

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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Hemiauchenia macrocephalaOccurrence record, place
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"state": "South Carolina"
Texas

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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Hemiauchenia macrocephalaOccurrence record, place
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"state": "Texas"
Utah

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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Hemiauchenia macrocephalaOccurrence record, place
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"state": "Utah"
Washington

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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Hemiauchenia macrocephalaOccurrence record, place
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"state": "Washington"
Sources
1. Hemiauchenia macrocephala (Paleobiology Database)
  • Taxon record, extant status
    "is_extant": "extinct"
  • Ecospace record, environment
    "taxon_environment": "terrestrial"
  • Ecospace record, diet, taken from Hemiauchenia
    "diet": "browser, grazer"
  • Child Taxon Of: Camelidae, Taxon record, classification family
    "family": "Camelidae"
  • In Group: Even-Toed Ungulates (Artiodactyla), Taxon record, classification order
    "order": "Artiodactyla"
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2. Hemiauchenia (Wikipedia)
Text, species named
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H. macrocephala specimens from the Blancan of west-central Mexico show that it had a mixed
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