Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Alternative combination: Tanupolama mirifica
Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1929. Pleistocene mammalian fauna of the Seminole Field, Pinellas County, Florida. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 56(8):561-599
Belongs to Palaeolama according to J. G. Honey et al. 1998
See also Hulbert and Pratt 1998, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Simpson 1931, Slaughter 1966, Webb 1965 and Webb 1974
Sister taxa: Palaeolama (Astylolama), Palaeolama (Palaeolama), Palaeolama (Protauchenia), Palaeolama brevirostris, Palaeolama castelnaudi, Palaeolama crassa, Palaeolama crequii, Palaeolama leptognata, Palaeolama niedae, Palaeolama promesolithica, Palaeolama weddeli, Palaeolama weddelli
Type specimen: AMNH 23483, a set of teeth (m1-m3). Its type locality is Seminole Field, which is in a Pleistocene fluvial sandstone in Florida.
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (1 collection), United States (29: California, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Texas)
Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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