Paratylopus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}

{{Automatic Taxobox

| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Oligocene|Middle Miocene}}

| image = Paratylopus.jpeg

| image_caption = Fossils

| taxon = Paratylopus

| authority = Matthew (1909)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = *P. labiatus

• P. primaevus
• P. wortmani

| synonyms = Poebrotherium labratum

}}

Paratylopus is an extinct genus of camelid, endemic to North America. It lived from the Oligocene to the Middle Miocene 33.9—16.0 Mya, existing for approximately {{Mya|34-16|million years}}.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42527 Paratylopus at fossilworks] Fossils have been found in western Wyoming, and from eastern Nebraska to northeastern Colorado and southwestern South Dakota.

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