Palaeolama
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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.
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Palaeolama | |
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Palaeolama fossils | |
Scientific 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) |
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