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Palaeolama (Astylolama) aequatorialis
Taxonomy
Palaeolama aequatorialis was named by Hoffstetter (1952). Its type specimen is EPN V. 3020, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Carolina, which is in a Pleistocene estuary/bay sandstone/tar in Ecuador. It is the type species of Palaeolama (Astylolama).
It was recombined as Palaeolama (Astylolama) aequatorialis by Churcher (1965).
It was recombined as Palaeolama (Astylolama) aequatorialis by Churcher (1965).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1952 | Palaeolama aequatorialis Hoffstetter p. 339 figs. Fig. 97a, 102a, 103, 104 |
| 1965 | Palaeolama (Astylolama) aequatorialis Churcher p. 199 |
| 1998 | Palaeolama aequatorialis Honey et al. p. 451 |
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†Palaeolama (Astylolama) aequatorialis Hoffstetter 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available