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Pleiolama

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Pleiolama
Temporal range: Pliocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Missing taxonomy template (fix): Pliauchenia
Species
  • P. magnifontis
  • P. raki

Pliauchenia is an extinct genus of terrestrial herbivore in the family Camelidae, endemic to North America during the Pliocene.[1][2][3][4]

Taxonomy

Pliauchenia was named by Cope (1875) [called into question by Patton 1969a]. Its type is Pliauchenia humphreysiana. It was assigned to Camelidae by Cope (1875) and Carroll (1988).[5]

Fossil distribution

Fossil distribution ranged from Nebraska to California.

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. ^ R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698