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Lama glama

Mammalia - Camelidae

Taxonomy
Camelus glama was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Auchenia lama by Giebel (1883); it was recombined as Lama glama by Thomas (1911), Stanley et al. (1994) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Camelus glama Linnaeus p. 65
1883Auchenia lama Giebel p. 511
1911Lama glama Thomas p. 150
1994Lama glama Stanley et al. p. 1
2008Lama glama Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 974 figs. Fig. 5

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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
genusLamaCuvier 1800
speciesglama()

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.

Lama glama Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: grazerg
Diet 2: browserg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:43:01
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:43:01
Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Argentina (Buenos Aires) Lama glama (140713)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Bolivia (Tarija ) Lama glama (70673)