Camelinae


Camelinae is a subfamily of terrestrial herbivore of the family Camelidae, endemic to Asia, Eurasia, South America, North America, and Africa appearing during the Eocene 38 mya, existing for approximately.
Camelinae include the tribes Camelini and Lamini. A third tribe, Camelopini, created by S. D. Webb, was formerly included, but was discarded by J. A. Harrison after it was shown to be polyphyletic: it consisted of the genera Camelops and Megatylopus, which were moved to Lamini and Camelini respectively.

Taxonomy

Camelinae was named by Gray. Its type is Camelus. It was assigned to Camelidae by Stanley et al. and Ruez.