†Palaeolama (Astylolama) aequatorialis Hoffstetter 1952 (camel)
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Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Alternative combination: Palaeolama aequatorialis
Full reference: R. Hoffstetter. 1952. Les Mammiferes Pleistocenes de la Republique de L´Equateur. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France 66:1-391
Belongs to Palaeolama (Astylolama) according to C. S. Churcher 1965
See also Hoffstetter 1952 and Honey et al. 1998
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: EPN V. 3020, a mandible. Its type locality is La Carolina, which is in a Pleistocene estuary/bay sandstone/tar in Ecuador.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ecuador (1 collection), Peru (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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