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Palaeolama

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Superordo: Cetartiodactyla
Ordo: Artiodactyla
Subordo: Tylopoda
Familia: Camelidae
Genus: Palaeolama

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Palaeolama (Early Llama)[1] is an extinct North and South American genus of lamine camelid.

Palaeolama mirifica, the "stout-legged llama", is known from southern California and the southeastern U. S. with the highest concentration of fossil specimens found in Florida, specifically the counties of Alachua, Citrus, Hillsborough, Manatee, Polk, Brevard, Orange, Sumter, Levy.[2]

Body mass

Four specimens of Palaeolama were examined by Legendre and Roth for body mass.[3]

* Specimen 1: 198 kg (440 lb)
* Specimen 2: 284.8 kg (630 lb)
* Specimen 3: 205.5 kg (450 lb)
* Specimen 4: 203 kg (450 lb)


References

1. ^ Paleobiology Database - Palaeolama basic info
2. ^ Paleobiology database collections, Palaeolama mirifica 20289, 20350, 20351, 20415, 20475, 20520, 58089, 20398, 20491, 20571, 20573, 20580, 20629, 20647, 20636
3. ^ S. Legendre and C. Roth. 1988. Correlation of carnassial tooth size and body weight in recent carnivores (Mammalia). Historical Biology 1(1):85-98

* The Presence of Plio-Pleistocene Paleolama species (Aartiodactyla: Calelidae) on the southern coast of Peru.

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