or may not be considered legitimate taxa. Classification history Prior to 1974, fossil specimens now thought to be Hemiauchenia were classified as Holomeniscus, Lama, and Tanupolama, until S. David Webb proposed that these North and South American fossil species were part of a single genus. This has been accepted by all subsequent researchers, although in 2013, Carolina Saldanha Scherer questioned the inclusion of a certain North American species and suggested that Hemiauchenia is paraphyletic. Notes References Further reading Honey, J. H., J. A. Harrison, D. R. Prothero, and M. S. Stevens. 1998. Camelidae. pp. 439–462. In: Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America, Eds: C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 691 pp. Hulbert, R. C. 1992. A checklist of the fossil vertebrates of Florida. Papers in Florida Paleontology, no. 6:25-26. Kurtén, B. and E. Anderson. 1980. Pleistocene Mammals of North America. Columbia University Press, NY, 442 pp. (camels - 301, 306-307). Meachen, Julie A. "A New Species of Hemiauchenia (Camelidae; Lamini) " Diss. University of Florida, 2003. Abstract McKenna, M. C. and S. K. Bell. 1997. Classification of Mammals above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, NY, 631 pp. (camels - pp. 413–416). Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Book of Mammals, vol. 1. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, pp. 837 – 1936. (camels - pp. 1072–1081) Prehistoric camelids Prehistoric even-toed ungulate genera Miocene even-toed ungulates Pleistocene even-toed ungulates Miocene mammals of North America Pliocene mammals of North America Pleistocene mammals of North America Neogene Mexico Neogene United States Pleistocene El Salvador Pleistocene Mexico Pleistocene United States Fossils of Canada Fossils of El Salvador Fossils of Mexico Fossils of the United States Pleistocene mammals of South America Lujanian Ensenadan Uquian Pleistocene Argentina Fossils of Argentina Pleistocene Bolivia Fossils of Bolivia Pleistocene Brazil Fossils of Brazil Fossil taxa described in 1880 Taxa named by Florentino Ameghino Ringold Formation Miocene Fauna