{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = Arikareean-Hemphillian<br />~{{Fossil range|20.4|5.3}} | image = Protolabis gracilis.jpg | image_caption = ''Protolabis gracilis'' | taxon = Protolabis | authority = Cope 1876 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = *''P. barstowensis'' <small>Lewis 1968</small> *''P. coartatus'' <small>Stirton 1929</small> *''P. gracilis'' <small>Leidy 1858</small> *''P. heterodontus'' <small>Cope 1874</small> *''P. inaequidens '' <small>Cope & Matthew 1915</small> *''P. saxeus'' <small>Matthew 1925</small> * ''P. yavapaiensis'' {{small|Honey & Taylor 1978}} }}
'''''Protolabis''''' is an extinct genus of camelid endemic to North America. It lived from the Early to Late Miocene 20.4—5.3 mya, existing for approximately {{Mya|20-5|million years}}.<ref>[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=4254 ''Protolabis'' at fossilworks]</ref> Fossil distribution is widespread from Nicaragua, Central America to Montana and throughout the western U.S.
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Category:Prehistoric camelids Category:Miocene Artiodactyla Category:Prehistoric Artiodactyla genera Category:Aquitanian genus first appearances Category:Tortonian extinctions Category:Miocene mammals of North America Category:Arikareean Category:Hemingfordian Category:Barstovian Category:Clarendonian Category:Hemphillian Category:Fossil taxa described in 1876 Category:Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope
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