Nothokemas
Extinct genus of mammals
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Nothokemas is an extinct genus of camelid endemic to North America. It lived from the Late Oligocene to the Early Miocene 24.8— 16.0 mya, existing for approximately 9 million years.[1] Fossils have been found along the Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Camelidae |
| Tribe: | Camelini |
| Genus: | †Nothokemas White 1947 |
| Type species | |
| †Oxydactylus floridanus | |
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