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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Camelidae |
| Tribe: | Camelini |
| Genus: | †Megacamelus Frick (1929) |
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Megacamelus is an extinct genus of terrestrial herbivore in the family Camelidae, endemic to North America from the Miocene through Pliocene 10.3—4.9 mya, existing for approximately 5.4 million years.[1]
This was one of the largest genera of camelid to roam the Earth together with Megatylopus, Gigantocamelus, Camelus moreli, Camelus knoblochi, Aepycamelus, and Paracamelus.[2] It reached approximately 3.4 m (11 ft) in height.[3]
- ^ PaleoBiology Database: Megacamelus, basic info
- ^ Zazula, G. D.; Macphee, R. D.; Hall, E.; Hewitson, S. (2016). "Osteological Assessment of Pleistocene Camelops hesternus (Camelidae: Camelinae: Camelini) from Alaska and Yukon" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3866): 1–46. doi:10.1206/3866.1. S2CID 59357054. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ Prothero, Donald R.; Scoch, Robert M. (2002). Horns, Tusks, and Flippers: The Evolution of Hoofed Mammals. Baltimore: Hopkins University Press. ISBN 9780801871351.