Michenia is an extinct genus of camelid endemic to North America. They lived from the Early Miocene to Middle Miocene 20.43—10.3 mya, existing for approximately 10 million years.[1] Fossil have been found from California to Texas, Alberta, Idaho and Nebraska.

Michenia
Temporal range: Early Miocene–Middle Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Camelidae
Tribe: Camelini
Genus: Michenia
Frick and Taylor 1971
Type species
Michenia agatensis
Species

See text

Species

edit
  • M. agatensis Frick & Taylor 1971
  • M. deschutensis Dingus 1990
  • M. exilis Matthew & Macdonald 1960
  • M. mudhillsnsis Pagnac 2005

References

edit