Poebrotherium
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Poebrotherium is an extinct genus of camelid, endemic to North America. They lived from the Eocene to Miocene epochs, 46.3—13.6 mya, existing for approximately 32 million years.
Poebrotherium wilsoni LACM
Fossil of Poebrotherium sp. in CosmoCaixa Barcelona
Life restoration of Poebrotherium by Robert Bruce Horsfall
Poebrotherium wilsoni skull in the Milan Natural History Museum
Protylopus
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Protylopus is an extinct genus of camel that lived during middle to late Eocene some 50-40 million years ago in North America.
Poebrotherium
…Poebrotherium eximium can be translated as "Extraordinary grass-eating beast" Poebrotherium looked more like modern camels than its predecessor Protylopus, but at 90 centimetres (3.0 ft) in height, it was roughly the size of a modern sheep. Its skull resembled that of a modern llama, while its limbs ended…
Protylopus petersoni skull 2