Protolabis yavapaiensis

Protolabis yavapaiensis is an extinct species of camelid, a member of the family Camelidae in the genus Protolabis. It was first described by Honey and Taylor in 1978 and has since been placed in the genus Protolabis. The database dates the species from the Aquitanian to the Zanclean stage, between about 23.04 and 4.7 million years ago, from 15 fossil occurrences, collected in the United States (Arizona, New Mexico, 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 Protolabis, read for the genus, describes it as an extinct genus of camelid endemic to North America. The GBIF backbone taxonomy lists Protolabis yavapaiensis as an accepted species of the family Camelidae, which is the second source for the name.