Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Parent taxon: Lamini according to S. Lynch et al. 2020
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Carroll 1988, Simpson 1945, Stanley et al. 1994, Webb 1965 and Webb and Meachen 2004
Sister taxa: Aepycamelus, Blancocamelus, Eulamaops, Hemiauchenia, Palaeolama, Pleiolama, Pliauchenia, Procamelus, Procamelus edensis raki, Tanupolama parvus, Vicugna
Subtaxa: Lama (Lama) Lama castelnaudi Lama glama Lama gracilis Lama guanicoe Lama intermedia Lama mesolithica Lama pacos
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (43 collections), Bolivia (5), Brazil (5), Chile (10), Peru (3), Uruguay (3)
• Pliocene of Argentina (4)
Total: 73 collections including 81 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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