Honeycamelus

Honeycamelus; Temporal range: Miocene, 20.6–16 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Camelidae
Subfamily:	Camelinae
Genus:	†Honeycamelus; Prothero et al., 2026
Species
	†Honeycamelus priscus (Matthew, 1924) (type);

Honeycamelus is an extinct genus of camelids that lived during the Miocene 20.6–16 million years ago, existing for about 4.6 million years.

Taxonomy

Honeycamelus was originally named Alticamelus priscus by Matthew (1924) on the basis of AMNH 14189, which comprises a skull with the atlas and axis, tibia, and pes. MacDonald (1956) referred this species to Aepycamelus after designating Alticamelus a nomen dubium, but Honey et al. (1998) noted that A. priscus was more primitive than Camelini or Lamini. To honor James Honey for recognizing that priscus represented an unnamed species, Prothero et al. (2026) erected the new genus Honeycamelus for A. priscus.

References

↑ Matthew, W.D., 1924. Third contribution to the Snake Creek Fauna. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 50: 59-210.
↑ Macdonald, J.R., 1956, A new Clarendonian mammalian fauna from the Truckee Formation of western Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 30: 186-202.
↑ J. G. Honey, J. A. Harrison, and D. R. Prothero, M. S. Stevens. 1998. Camelidae. In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America 1:439-462
↑ Prothero, D. R.; Marriott, K.; Lukowski, S. M.; Forcellati, M. R.; Oganesyan, C.; Parod, S. (2026). "The Evolution of North American Camels. Chapter 9: Aepycamelus, Procamelus, and the divergence of the tribes Camelini and Lamini (Artiodactyla: Camelidae: Camelinae)". New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin. 104: 179–220.

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[1] Matthew, W.D., 1924. Third contribution to the Snake Creek Fauna. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 50: 59-210.

[2] Macdonald, J.R., 1956, A new Clarendonian mammalian fauna from the Truckee Formation of western Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 30: 186-202.

[3] J. G. Honey, J. A. Harrison, and D. R. Prothero, M. S. Stevens. 1998. Camelidae. In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America 1:439-462

[4] Prothero, D. R.; Marriott, K.; Lukowski, S. M.; Forcellati, M. R.; Oganesyan, C.; Parod, S. (2026). "The Evolution of North American Camels. Chapter 9: Aepycamelus, Procamelus, and the divergence of the tribes Camelini and Lamini (Artiodactyla: Camelidae: Camelinae)". New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin. 104: 179–220.