Hemiauchenia
Sign in to saveHemiauchenia is an extinct genus of lamine camelids that evolved in North America in the Miocene epoch about 10 million years ago. This genus diversified and entered South America in the Late Pliocene about three to two million years ago, as part of the Great American Biotic Interchange. The genus became extinct at the end of the Pleistocene. The monophyly of the genus has been considered questionable, with phylogenetic analyses finding the genus to paraphyletic or polyphyletic, with some species suggested to be more closely related to living lamines (llamas and relatives) than to other Hemiau
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Broad features of genus ''Hemiauchenia''
- North American fossils
- South American fossils
- Distinguishing characteristics of members of ''Hemiauchenia''
- ''H. vera''
- ''H. blancoensis''
- ''H. macrocephala''
- ''H. minima''
- Other species
- Classification history
- Diet
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
Hemiauchenia is an extinct genus of lamine camelids that evolved in North America in the Miocene epoch about 10 million years ago. This genus diversified and entered South America in the Late Pliocene about three to two million years ago, as part of the Great American Biotic Interchange. The genus became extinct at the end of the Pleistocene. The monophyly of the genus has been considered questionable, with phylogenetic analyses finding the genus to paraphyletic or polyphyletic, with some species suggested to be more closely related to living lamines (llamas and relatives) than to other Hemiauchenia species.
This genus gave rise to the genus Lama, of which modern lamines belong to.
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