Oxydactylus benedentatus

Oxydactylus benedentatus is an extinct species of camelid, a member of the family Camelidae in the genus Oxydactylus. It was first described by Hay in 1924 and has since been placed in the genus Oxydactylus. The database dates the species to the Burdigalian stage, between about 18.5 and 16.3 million years ago, from 3 fossil occurrence(s), collected in the United States (Texas). Its ecospace record gives a terrestrial, ground-dwelling way of life and a browsing diet, values the database takes from the wider Camelidae clade, since fossils of the species itself do not show how it fed. The Wikipedia article on Oxydactylus, read for the genus, describes it as an extinct genus of camelid endemic to North America. The GBIF backbone taxonomy lists Oxydactylus benedentatus as an accepted species of the family Camelidae, which is the second source for the name.