Palaeolama

Palaeolama
Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Early Holocene 1.8–0.011 Ma
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Palaeolama fossils
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Camelidae
Subfamily: Camelinae
Tribe: Lamini
Genus: †Palaeolama
Gervais, 1869
Type species
†Palaeolama weddeli
Gervais, 1855
Species

†P. aequatorialis (Hoffstetter, 1952)
†P. brevirostris (Rusconi, 1930)
†P. crassa (Hoffstetter, 1952)
†P. crequii (Boule & Thévenin, 1920)
†P. leptognata (Ameghino, 1889)
†P. major (Liais, 1872)
†P. mirifica (Simpson, 1929)
†P. niedae (Guérin & Faure, 1999)
†P. paradoxa (Cabrera, 1935)
†P. promesolithica (Ameghino, 1889)
†P. reissi (Branco, 1883)
†P. weddelli (Gervais, 1855)[1]

Palaeolama (lit. 'ancient llama') is an extinct genus of laminoid camelids that existed from the Late Pliocene to the Early Holocene (1.8 to 0.011 Ma).[2][3][4] Their range extended from North America to the intertropical region of South America.

  1. ^ "Fossilworks: Palaeolama". Fossilworks. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  2. ^ Wheeler, J.C.; Chikhi, L.; Bruford, M.W. (2006). "Genetic Analysis of the Origins of Domestic South American Camelids". In Zeder, M.A.; Bradley, D.G.; Emshwiller, E.; Smith, B.D. (eds.). Documenting Domestication: New Genetic and Archaeological Paradigms. University of California Press. pp. 329–341. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.603.88. ISBN 9780520246386. JSTOR 10.1525/j.ctt1pnvs1.28.
  3. ^ "Fossilworks: Palaeolama". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  4. ^ Scherer, C.S. (2013). "The Camelidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the Quaternary of South America: Cladistic and Biogeographic Hypotheses". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 20 (1): 45–56. doi:10.1007/s10914-012-9203-4. S2CID 207195863.