Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Alternative combination: Palaeolama guanajuatensis
Full reference: W. W. Dalquest and O. Mooser. 1980. Late Hemphillian mammals of the Ocote local fauna, Guanajuato, Mexico. Pearce-Sellards Series 32:1-25
Belongs to Hemiauchenia according to D. R. Ruez 2005
See also Dalquest and Mooser 1980, Honey et al. 1998 and Montellano 1989
Sister taxa: Hemiauchenia blancoensis, Hemiauchenia edensis, Hemiauchenia gracilis, Hemiauchenia macrocephala, Hemiauchenia minima, Hemiauchenia paradoxa, Auchenia vitakeriana, Tanupolama longurio
Type specimen: TMM 41685-11, a tooth (upper third premolar, well preserved except that the roots are broken away). Its type locality is Rancho El Ocote (Basal), which is in a Hemphillian fluvial claystone/sandstone in the Rancho Viejo Beds Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer
Distribution: found only at Rancho El Ocote (Basal)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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