Pleiolama is an extinct genus of terrestrial herbivore in the family Camelidae, endemic to North America during the Pliocene.[1][2][3][4][5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Camelidae |
| Subfamily: | Camelinae |
| Tribe: | Lamini |
| Genus: | †Pleiolama Webb and Meachen 2004 |
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Taxonomy
editThe genus Pleiolama was originally named Pliauchenia by Edward Drinker Cope in 1875.[6]
Fossil distribution
editFossil distribution ranges from southern and north-central United States to Mexico.
References
edit- ^ Voorhies, M. R.; Corner, R. G. (7 March 1986). "Mammalia: Camelidae: a re-evaluation". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 6 (1): 65–75. doi:10.1080/02724634.1986.10011599.
- ^ Lull, Richard Swann (1920). "Camels". Organic evolution. Macmillan. pp. 634, 639.
- ^ Frick, Childs (1921). Extinct vertebrate faunas of the Badlands of Bautista Creek and San Timoteo Cañon, Southern California. University of California publications in geological sciences. Vol. 12. University of California Press. p. 356.
- ^ PaleoBiology Database: Pliauchenia, basic info
- ^ Webb, S. David; Meachen, Julie (2004-12-01). "On the origin of lamine camelidae including a new genus from the late miocene of the high plains". Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 36: 349–362. doi:10.2992/0145-9058(2004)36[349:OTOOLC]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0145-9058. S2CID 86023602.
- ^ Wheeler, Jane C. (2012). "South American camelids - past, present and future" (PDF). Journal of Camelid Science. 5: 13. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
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