Camelops

Camelops sp.

• North America

Camelops (Greek: " camel face" ) is a genus of large camels, who lived during the ice age in North America.

Dissemination

The genus Camelops lived from the Late Pliocene to the Pleistocene latest in the western half of North America. One to six different species, of which but perhaps not all valid. The last living Camelops art was the western camel (C. hesternus ), from the late Pleistocene, which became extinct only about 10,000 years ago. In Rancho La Brea in California was found about 40 individuals of this species, which pushed forward in the north even to the Yukon River. Besides Camelops lived two more, slightly smaller species of camels during the late Pleistocene in North America. They belonged to the genera Palaeolama and Hemiauchenia and died out around the same time as Camelops. With these three types of camels suddenly disappeared from North America, after they had been through here over millions of years the majority of their evolutionary development.

Appearance

Although Camelops was more closely related to the small camels than with the large camels, it reminded in the appearance rather of a present-day dromedary (Camelus dromedarius). It was probably just a bump in the middle of the back, but fell in Camelops the rear lot stronger now and the legs were longer than in the present Article

Way of life

Camelops lived in the drier tracts of land west of North America and was apparently primarily a grass eater. It apparently wandered from time to time about in large herds. Some findings such as those of Burnet Cave and Jaguar Cave can be brought in connection with human remains.