Yesterday’s Camel Tooth Replica
$28.00
Yesterday’s Camel is more closely related to the Old World Dromedary and Bactrian camel than the New World alpaca, guanaco, llama, and vicuña, making it a true camel.
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Description
Yesterday’s Camel Tooth Replica measures 2 3/8 x 2 at root x 1 inches (L, W, H). Camelops hesternus tooth eplica is museum-quality polyurethane resin cast. Made in USA.
Yesterday’s Camel or Camelops hesternus is an extinct genus of camels that lived in Western North America, ranging from Alaska to Mexico, from the middle Pliocene to the end of the Pleistocene.
It is more closely related to the Old World dromedary and Bactrian camel than the New World alpaca, guanaco, llama, and vicuña, making it a true camel.
The genus Camelops hesternus first appeared during the middle Pliocene (about 4.0–3.2 million years ago (Mya) in southern North America and became extinct at the end of the Pleistocene (around 10,000 years ago).
Despite the fact that camels are popularly associated with the deserts of Asia and Africa, the family Camelidae, which comprises camels and llamas, originated in North America during the middle Eocene period, at least 44 Mya.
Both the camel and horse families originated in the Americas and migrated into Eurasia via the Bering Strait.
Camels first appeared in North American about 50 million years ago and about 7 million years ago camels migrated to Asia where they evolved into the modern Bactrian and dromedary camels. About 2 million years ago, camels migrated South America where they evolved into llamas.
Scientific Classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Artiodactyla
- Family: Camelidae
- Genus: †Camelops
Additional information
| Weight | 3 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 2 × 2 × 1 in |
| Time | "Yesterday's camel" (Camelops hesternus) lived from the Middle Pliocene to the Late Pleistocene (roughly 4 million to 10,000 years ago). |
| Size | Shoulder Height: Approximately 7 feet (2.2 meters). Body Length: About 11 feet (3.4 meters). Weight: Estimates range from 963 pounds (437 kg) to over 1,800 pounds (800 kg), possibly up to 2,200 pounds (1,000 kg). |
| Range | It roamed across western North America, from Alaska to Mexico. |