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Australocamelus is an extinct genus of terrestrial herbivore in the family Camelidae, endemic to North America during the Miocene 16.3—13.6 mya existing for approximately 2.7 million years.
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Taxonomy
Australocamelus was named by Patton (1969). Its type is Australocamelus orarius. It was synonymized subjectively with Oxydactylus by Tedford et al. (1987). It was assigned to Camelidae by Patton (1969), Tedford and Barghoorn (1993) and Honey et al. (1998).
Morphology
A single specimen was examined for estimated body mass by M. Mendoza, C. M. Janis, and P. Palmqvist. The specimen was estimated to weigh 146.8 kg (320 lb).
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