Floridatragulinae
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| Floridatragulinae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Camelidae |
| Subfamily: | †Floridatragulinae Maglio, 1966 |
| Type genus | |
| †Floridatragulus | |
| Genera | |
Floridatragulinae or Floridatragulina is an extinct subfamily or subtribe of Camelidae that were endemic to North America, ranging from the Late Eocene to the Middle Miocene.[1][2] Members of this group differ from other camelids by their elongated snouts, where there is a significant diastema between the canine and first premolar tooth. Their teeth were blade-like, suggesting they were browsers. The floridatragulines include the genera Aguascalientia, Floridatragulus, and Stevenscamelus, and as a whole were closer in relation to the group leading up to the extant camelids, though studies may actually subsume them as a subtribe within Lamini.[2]
