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Palaeolama crassa

Osteichthyes - Camelidae

Taxonomy
Palaeolama crassa was named by Hoffstetter (1952). Its type specimen is EPN V. 3026, a limb element, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Río Chiche, which is in a Pleistocene lacustrine sandstone/tuff in Ecuador.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. crequii, P. mirifa
Entered
by J. Carrillo (authorized by C. Jaramillo) on 2012-09-19

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Palaeolama crassa Hoffstetter p. 343 fig. 102c,104

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

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 crassa Hoffstetter 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available