Nothokemas

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Nothokemas
Temporal range: Late Oligocene–Early Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Camelidae
Tribe: Camelini
Genus: Nothokemas
White 1947
Type species
Oxydactylus floridanus
Species
  • N. floridanus Simpson 1932
  • N. hidalgensis Patton 1969
  • N. waldropi Frailey 1978

Nothokemas is an extinct genus of camelid endemic to North America. It lived from the Late Oligocene to the Early Miocene 24.8— 16.0 mya, existing for approximately 9 million years.[1] Fossils have been found along the Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida.

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