Camels of the Columbia Plateau

Authors

George F. Beck, Central Washington University

Document Type

Article

Department or Administrative Unit

Geological Sciences

Publication Date

3-1-1937

Abstract

However foreign they may seem to us the camels are one of our oldest American stocks. Our Western plains once supported large herds of them, humped and humpless, large and small, giraffe-necked and normal-necked. For some 35 million years, from Oligocene to the Pliocene, the camels were confined to North America and it was not until recently, geologically speaking that we shared the race with the Old World.

Comments

This article was originally published in The Mineralogist.

Recommended Citation

Beck, G. F. (1937). Camels of the Columbia Plateau. The Mineralogist, 5(3), 5-6.

Journal

The Mineralogist