Giant Camels Of Prehistoric North America

Although they are now extinct in North America, camels first evolved there more than 40 million years ago. Living camels are now limited to the Old World (dromedary and Bactrian camels), and South America (llamas, guanacos, and alpacas). For much of the Cenozoic however, camels were common and diverse in North America. One of the last camels to live in North America was Camelops, which went extinct about 13,000 years ago. Megacamelus Megacamelus is an extinct genus of terrestrial herbivore in the family Camelidae, endemic to North America. It lived from the Miocene through Pliocene 10.3—4.9 mya, existing for approximately 5.4 million years. Megatylopus Megatylopus (also known as the North American camel) is an extinct genus of large camel, endemic to North America. It lived from the Late Pliocene to the Early Pleistocene (13.6-1.8 million years ago). Titanotylopus Titanotylopus is an extinct genus of terrestrial herbivore in the family Camelidae, endemic to North America from Miocene through Pleistocene 10.3 mya—300,000 years ago. Paracamelus Paracamelus is an extinct genus of camel in the family Camelidae. It originated in North America during the Middle Miocene but crossed the Beringian land bridge into Eurasia during the Late Miocene, approximately 7.5–6.5 Ma. #extinctionblog #pleistocenemegafaunaofnorthamerica #extinctmegafaunacamels Music: Desert Caravan - Aaron Kenny (YouTube Audio Library)