Pleiolama

Pleiolama
Temporal range: Pliocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Camelidae
Subfamily: Camelinae
Tribe: Lamini
Genus: †Pleiolama
Webb and Meachen 2004
Species
  • P. magnifontis
  • P. mckennai
  • P. raki
  • P. vera
Synonyms
  • Pliauchenia

Pleiolama is an extinct genus of terrestrial herbivore in the family Camelidae, endemic to North America during the Pliocene.

Taxonomy

The genus Pleiolama was originally named Pliauchenia by Edward Drinker Cope in 1875.

Fossil distribution

Fossil distribution ranges from southern and north-central United States to Mexico.

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Lull, Richard Swann (1920). "Camels". Organic evolution. Macmillan. pp. 634, 639.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ PaleoBiology Database: Pliauchenia, basic info
  5. ↑ 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. ISSN 0145-9058. S2CID 86023602.
  6. ↑ Wheeler, Jane C. (2012). "South American camelids - past, present and future" (PDF). Journal of Camelid Science. 5: 13. Retrieved 25 February 2016.