Fossil camel skeleton
Place Collected(Object)
: North America, USA, Nebraska, Sioux County, Stenomylus Quarry Date: Date Collected: 1908
Dimensions:length=90; width=19; height=81 cm
Taxonomy
- Attributes
- Objects
- Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
- Phylum:
Chordata
- Class:
Mammalia
- Order:
Artiodactyla
- Family:
Camelidae
- Genus:
Stenomylus
- SpecificEpithet:
hitchcocki
Object number: ROMVP01102
Gallery Location:Reed Family Gallery of the Age of Mammals, Tertiary Megafaunas, Artiodactyls, Camels
DescriptionToday there are just six kinds of camels worldwide, but during the Age of Mammals, there were many more. Stenomylus was a small, stilt-legged camel, overall looking more like a gazelle.
Collector(s):Peterson;O.;A.;
