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Extinct genus of mammals
Pleiolama is an extinct genus of
terrestrial
herbivore in the
family
Camelidae , endemic to
North America during the
Pliocene .
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Taxonomy
The genus Pleiolama was originally named Pliauchenia by
Edward Drinker Cope in 1875.
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Fossil distribution
Fossil distribution ranges from southern and north-central United States to Mexico.
References
^ 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.
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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 .
ISSN
0145-9058 .
S2CID
86023602 .
^ Wheeler, Jane C. (2012).
"South American camelids - past, present and future" (PDF) . Journal of Camelid Science . 5 : 13. Retrieved 25 February 2016 .