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Palaeolama mirifica (stout-legged llama)

Mammalia - Camelidae

Taxonomy
Tanupolama mirifica was named by Simpson (1929). Its type specimen is AMNH 23483, a set of teeth (m1-m3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Seminole Field, which is in a Pleistocene fluvial sandstone in Florida.

It was recombined as Palaeolama mirifica by Webb (1974), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Honey et al. (1998) and Hulbert and Pratt (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Tanupolama mirifica Simpson pp. 593-594 fig. 17A
1931Tanupolama mirifica Simpson
1965Tanupolama mirifica Webb p. 34
1966Tanupolama mirifica Slaughter p. 83
1974Palaeolama mirifica Webb
1980Palaeolama mirifica Kurten and Anderson p. 308
1998Palaeolama mirifica Honey et al.
1998Palaeolama mirifica Hulbert, Jr. and Pratt

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
familyCamelidae
subfamilyCamelinaeGray 1821
tribeLaminiWebb 1965
genusPalaeolamaGervais 1869
speciesmirifica()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Palaeolama mirifica Simpson 1929 [stout-legged llama]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 10:39:51
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:39:51
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 1.80000 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Palaeolama mirifica (227368)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Palaeolama mirifica (65405)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Palaeolama mirifica (20289 20350 20351 20415 20475 20520 58089) Palaeolama sp. (20400)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (South Carolina) Palaeolama mirifica (79919)
Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean1.8 - 0.012USA (California) Palaeolama mirifica (20323)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012Mexico (Sonora) Palaeolama mirifica (20495)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Texas) Tanupolama mirifica (225289)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Palaeolama mirifica (20398 20491)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Palaeolama mirifica (20613)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Palaeolama mirifica (154921) Tanupolama mirifica (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Palaeolama mirifica (154804) Tanupolama mirifica (74292 154910)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Tanupolama mirifica (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Palaeolama mirifica (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Palaeolama mirifica (20571 20573 20580 20629 20647) Tanupolama mirifica (20636)