Pleiolama
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Camelidae |
| Subfamily: | Camelinae |
| Tribe: | Lamini |
| Genus: | †Pleiolama Webb and Meachen 2004 |
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Pleiolamais an extinct genus ofterrestrialherbivorein thefamilyCamelidae,endemic toNorth Americaduring thePliocene.[1][2][3][4][5]
Taxonomy
[edit]The genusPleiolamawas originally namedPliaucheniabyEdward Drinker Copein 1875.[6]
Fossil distribution
[edit]Fossil distribution ranges from southern and north-central United States to Mexico.
References
[edit]- ^Voorhies, M. R.; Corner, R. G. (7 March 1986). "Mammalia: Camelidae: a re-evaluation".Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.6(1): 65–75.doi:10.1080/02724634.1986.10011599.
- ^Lull, Richard Swann (1920)."Camels".Organic evolution.Macmillan. pp. 634, 639.
- ^Frick, Childs (1921).Extinct vertebrate faunas of the Badlands of Bautista Creek and San Timoteo Cañon, Southern California.University of California publications in geological sciences. Vol. 12. University of California Press. p. 356.
- ^PaleoBiology Database:Pliauchenia,basic info
- ^Webb, S. David; Meachen, Julie (2004-12-01). "On the origin of lamine camelidae including a new genus from the late miocene of the high plains".Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History.36:349–362.doi:10.2992/0145-9058(2004)36[349:OTOOLC]2.0.CO;2.ISSN0145-9058.S2CID86023602.
- ^Wheeler, Jane C. (2012)."South American camelids - past, present and future"(PDF).Journal of Camelid Science.5:13.Retrieved25 February2016.
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