Michenia

Michenia
Temporal range: Early Miocene–Middle Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Camelidae
Subfamily: †Protolabinae
Genus: †Michenia
Frick and Taylor 1971
Type species
†Michenia agatensis
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Michenia is an extinct genus of camelid endemic to North America. They lived from the Early Miocene to Middle Miocene 20.43–10.3 mya, existing for approximately 10 million years. Fossils have been found from California to Texas, Alberta, Idaho and Nebraska.

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