Megacamelus merriami

Megacamelus merriami is an extinct species of camelid, a member of the family Camelidae in the genus Megacamelus. It was first described by Frick in 1921 and has since been placed in the genus Megacamelus. The database dates the species from the Tortonian to the Zanclean stage, between about 9.4 and 4.7 million years ago, from 3 fossil occurrences, collected in the United States (Nebraska, California). 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 GBIF backbone taxonomy lists Megacamelus merriami as an accepted species of the family Camelidae, which is the second source for the name.