Paracamelus alexejevi is an extinct species of camelid, a member of the family Camelidae in the genus Paracamelus. It was named by Khavesson in 1950, 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 Gelasian stage of the early Pliocene, between about 5.333 and 2.245 million years ago, from 7 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 Wikipedia article on the genus Paracamelus names the species, 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 Paracamelus alexejevi (Paleobiology Database)
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1. Paracamelus alexejevi (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. Paracamelus (Wikipedia)
Text, species namedQuote, Text, species named
P. alexejevi is known from Early Pliocene of Ukraine and P.
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