Palauchenia mexicana is an extinct species of camelid, a member of the family Camelidae now placed in the genus Palauchenia. It was first described under another genus name by del Castillo in 1869, and the Paleobiology Database records it as an extinct species of the order Artiodactyla, the even-toed ungulates. The database holds the name with no dated fossil occurrence of its own, so it gives no age range for the species. 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 Palauchenia mexicana 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 Palauchenia mexicana (Paleobiology Database)
Sources
1. Palauchenia mexicana (Paleobiology Database)
Taxon record, extant status
"is_extant": "extinct"
Ecospace record, environment
"taxon_environment": "terrestrial"
Ecospace record, diet, taken from Camelidae
"diet": "browser, browser"
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 Palauchenia mexicana
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)Backbone match, canonical nameQuote, Backbone match, canonical name
"canonicalName": "Palauchenia mexicana"
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