''Protolabis'' is an extinct genus of camelid endemic to North America. It lived from the Early to Late

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, existing for approximately .''Protolabis'' at fossilworks
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and throughout the western U.S.

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Prehistoric camelids Miocene even-toed ungulates Prehistoric even-toed ungulate genera Aquitanian genus first appearances Tortonian extinctions Miocene mammals of North America Arikareean Hemingfordian Barstovian Clarendonian Hemphillian Fossil taxa described in 1876 Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope {{paleo-eventoedungulate-stub