Eulamaops parallelus
Sign in to saveEulamaops is an extinct genus of camelid belonging to the tribe Lamini, endemic to South America during the Pleistocene (Lujanian, 781,000—12,000 years ago), existing about . Fossil remains of Eulamaops have been found in the Luján Formation in Argentina in areas that would have been open grass and shrub land. It is estimated to have weighed 150 kilograms
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- E. parallelus
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- Eulamaops parallelus
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- 718000-00-
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- 12000-00-0
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Eulamaops is an extinct genus of camelid belonging to the tribe Lamini, endemic to South America during the Pleistocene (Lujanian, 781,000—12,000 years ago), existing about . Fossil remains of Eulamaops have been found in the Luján Formation in Argentina in areas that would have been open grass and shrub land. It is estimated to have weighed 150 kilograms
== Taxonomy == Eulamaops was named by Ameghino (1889). It was assigned to the Camelidae by Carroll (1988).