Tanymykter

Tanymykter
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Camelidae
Tribe: Camelini
Genus: Tanymykter
Honey and Taylor (1978)
Species
  • T. brachyodontus

Tanymykter is an extinct genus of terrestrial herbivore in the family Camelidae, endemic to North America during the Miocene 23.030—20.6 mya, existing for approximately 2.43 million years.[1]

Taxonomy

Tanymykter was named by Honey and Taylor (1978). It was assigned to Camelidae by Honey and Taylor (1978) and Carroll (1988).[2][3]

Morphology

Body mass

A single specimen was examined for estimated body mass by M. Mendoza, C. M. Janis, and P. Palmqvist. This specimen was estimated to weigh:

Fossil distribution

Fossil distribution is somewhat widespread from Wyoming and Nebraska to Santa Barbara County, California.

References

  1. PaleoBiology Database: Tanymykter, basic info
  2. R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698
  3. J. G. Honey and B. E. Taylor. 1978. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 161(3)
  4. M. Mendoza, C. M. Janis, and P. Palmqvist. 2006. Estimating the body mass of extinct ungulates: a study on the use of multiple regression. Journal of Zoology 270(1):90-101


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