Aguascalientia

Aguascalientia
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Camelidae
Subfamily: †Floridatragulinae
Genus: †Aguascalientia
Stevens 1977
Type species
†Aguascalientia wilsoni
Species
  • A. wilsoni (Dalquest & Mooser, 1974)
  • A. panamaensis Rincon et al, 2012
  • A. minuta Rincon et al, 2012

Aguascalientia is an extinct genus of miniature camelids, endemic to North America (as far south as the Panama Canal) during the Early Miocene 23.0—20.4 mya existing for approximately 3 million years.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Rincon, A.F.; Bloch, J.I.; Suarez, C.; MacFadden, B.J.; Jaramillo, C.A. (2012). "New floridatragulines (Mammalia, Camelidae) from the early Miocene Las Cascadas Formation, Panama". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (2): 456–475. Bibcode:2012JVPal..32..456R. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.635736. S2CID 85984250.
  2. ↑ Aguascalientia at fossilworks