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Despite the fact that camels are popularly associated with deserts. It is believed camelops originated in north America. During the middle eocene, 44 mya.
The name is derived from the ancient greek cámēlos, “camel” and óps, “face”. “Camel-face”.Camelops were first described in 1854 by Joesph Leidy. Bones have been found in numerous sites, from Alaska and Cdn Yukon down into Mexico.There shoulder height is 7 feet, weight around 1800 lbs (at full growth). Scientists are unsure about the back…