The Phylogeny of the Camelidae
Cope ED. 1886. The Phylogeny of the Camelidae. The American Naturalist. 20(7):611-624
The camels form a well-distinguished division of the Artiodactyla, or even-toed ungulates. The prominent features which separate them, osteologically speaking, from other Artiodactyla are three, viz., the absence of a canal of the cervical vertebrae which in other Mammalia encloses the vertebral artery, the presence of an incisor tooth on each side of the upper jaw and thirdly, the incompleteness of the keels of the distal ends of the metapodial bones. What follows in the body of the article is a bone study of the camel.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Cope, E
- Units
- BADL
- Keywords
- Bones, camel (Paratylopus cameloides), Fossils, Geology, Paleontology, Prehistoric Mammals