Gentilicamelus sternbergi

Gentilicamelus sternbergi is an extinct species of camelid, a member of the family Camelidae in the genus Gentilicamelus. It was first described by Cope in 1879 and has since been placed in the genus Gentilicamelus. The database dates the species from the Rupelian to the Burdigalian stage, between about 29.5 and 16.3 million years ago, from 9 fossil occurrences, collected in the United States (Oregon). 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 Gentilicamelus, read for the genus, describes it as an extinct genus of camelid endemic to North America. The GBIF backbone taxonomy lists Gentilicamelus sternbergi as an accepted species of the family Camelidae, which is the second source for the name.