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Palaeolama

 
Wikipedia: Palaeolama
Palaeolama
Fossil range: Pleistocene, 1.8–0.011 Ma
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Suborder: Ruminantia
Family: Camelidae
Tribe: Lamini
Genus: Palaeolama
Gervais, 1869
Species

P. mirifica (Simpson, 1931)

Palaeolama[1] is an extinct North and South American genus of lamine camelid. P. mirifica, the "stout-legged llama", is known from southern California and the southeastern U. S.

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