Hemiauchenia paradoxa is an extinct species of camelid, a member of the family Camelidae in the genus Hemiauchenia. It was named by Gervais and Ameghino in 1880, 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 Gelasian to the Late Pleistocene stage of the early Pleistocene, between about 2.58 and 0.0117 million years ago, from 22 fossil occurrences. 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 GBIF backbone taxonomy lists Hemiauchenia paradoxa as an accepted species of the family Camelidae, which is the second source for the name.
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Classification
System (Realm) Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Hemiauchenia paradoxa (Paleobiology Database)
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1. Hemiauchenia paradoxa (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"
View the Source2. GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): GBIF Backbone Taxonomy match for Hemiauchenia paradoxa
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)Backbone match, canonical nameQuote, Backbone match, canonical name
"canonicalName": "Hemiauchenia paradoxa"
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