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Pleiolama vera

Mammalia - Camelidae

Taxonomy
Pliauchenia vera was named by Matthew (1909). It is not extant. Its type locality is Long Island Quarry, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Ogallala Formation of Kansas.

It was recombined as Tanupolama vera by Gregory (1939), Gregory (1942), Hibbard (1963) and Webb (1965); it was recombined as Hemiauchenia vera by Webb (1974), Breyer (1977), Kelly (1998) and Honey et al. (1998); it was recombined as Pleiolama vera by Webb and Meachen (2004) and Hulbert and Whitmore (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Pliauchenia vera Matthew
1939Tanupolama vera Gregory p. 367
1942Tanupolama vera Gregory
1963Tanupolama vera Hibbard
1965Tanupolama vera Webb
1974Hemiauchenia vera Webb
1977Hemiauchenia vera Breyer
1998Hemiauchenia vera Honey et al.
1998Hemiauchenia vera Kelly
2004Pleiolama vera Webb and Meachen p. 358
2006Pleiolama vera Hulbert and Whitmore p. 6

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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
genusPleiolama
speciesvera()

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.

†Pleiolama vera Matthew 1909
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. D. Webb and J. A. Meachen 2004This species is somewhat smaller than Pleiolama mckennai, but has longer diastemata anterior to the cheek teeth (44 mm) and a wider symphysis (36 mm across the incisors). The P3/ is shorter, with the anterolingual part of the lingual crescent reduced. In the mandible, P/1 is partially suppressed and P/3 is vestigial. This species is sim- ilar in many respects to Hemiauchenia blancoensis but smaller, with more delicate lower incisors, shorter diastemata, and lower crowned molars with light cementum.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:42:02
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Miocene or 10.30000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Nevada) Hemiauchenia vera (19048 19052 19053)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Hemiauchenia vera (18305)
Clarendonian - Pliocene12.5 - 2.588USA (Oklahoma) Pleiolama vera (170199)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Oklahoma) Pliauchenia sp. (18304)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nevada) Hemiauchenia vera (19054)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Jalisco) Hemiauchenia vera (189788 189790)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Hemiauchenia vera (18086 18201 18441)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Guanajuato) Hemiauchenia vera (18718 175257)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Alabama) Camelidae indet. (18559)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Texas) Hemiauchenia sp. (18198) Hemiauchenia vera (18073 18097)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (New Mexico) Hemiauchenia vera (19291)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Costa Rica (Puntarenas) Hemiauchenia sp. (144596)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Oregon) Hemiauchenia vera (19015)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Zacatecas) Hemiauchenia vera (212341)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Kansas) Hemiauchenia vera (18166 type locality: 18237 18241 18263 18342) Pliauchenia sp. (18140)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nevada) Hemiauchenia vera (19374 19375)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Guanajuato) Hemiauchenia sp. (18740) Hemiauchenia vera (18713 18737 18738)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Oklahoma) Tanupolama vera (18076)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (California) Hemiauchenia vera (19604)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Arizona) Hemiauchenia vera (19612)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Hemiauchenia vera (18126 18247 18359)