| Eulamaops | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Camelidae |
| Subfamily: | Camelinae |
| Tribe: | Camelini |
| Genus: | †Eulamaops Ameghino, 1889 |
| Species | |
E. paralellus | |
Eulamaops is an extinct genus ofcamelid belonging to the tribeLamini, endemic toSouth America during thePleistocene (Lujanian, 781,000—12,000 years ago), existing about0.769 million years.[1] Fossil remains ofEulamaops have been found in the Luján Formation inArgentina[1] in areas that would have been open grass and shrub land.[2] It is estimated to have weighed 150 kilograms[3]
Eulamaops was named by Ameghino (1889). It was assigned to the Camelidae by Carroll (1988).
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