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Taxonomy
Tanupolama mirifica was named by Simpson (1929). Its type specimen is AMNH 23483, a set of teeth (m1-m3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Seminole Field, which is in a Pleistocene fluvial sandstone in Florida.
It was recombined as Palaeolama mirifica by Webb (1974), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Honey et al. (1998) and Hulbert and Pratt (1998).
It was recombined as Palaeolama mirifica by Webb (1974), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Honey et al. (1998) and Hulbert and Pratt (1998).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1929 | Tanupolama mirifica Simpson pp. 593-594 fig. 17A |
1931 | Tanupolama mirifica Simpson |
1965 | Tanupolama mirifica Webb p. 34 |
1966 | Tanupolama mirifica Slaughter p. 83 |
1974 | Palaeolama mirifica Webb |
1980 | Palaeolama mirifica Kurten and Anderson p. 308 |
1998 | Palaeolama mirifica Honey et al. |
1998 | Palaeolama mirifica Hulbert, Jr. and Pratt |
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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 mirifica Simpson 1929 [stout-legged llama]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999 |
Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 1.80000 to 0.01200 Ma
Collections (30 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Palaeolama mirifica (227368) | |
Pleistocene | USA (South Carolina) | Palaeolama mirifica (65405) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | Palaeolama mirifica (20289 20350 20351 20415 20475 20520 58089) Palaeolama sp. (20400) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (South Carolina) | Palaeolama mirifica (79919) | |
Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean | USA (California) | Palaeolama mirifica (20323) | |
Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Palaeolama mirifica (20398 20491) | |
Rancholabrean | Mexico (Sonora) | Palaeolama mirifica (20495) | |
Rancholabrean | USA (Texas) | Tanupolama mirifica (225289) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | Palaeolama mirifica (20571 20573 20580 20629 20647) Tanupolama mirifica (20636) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Palaeolama mirifica (154804) Tanupolama mirifica (74292 154910) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (Florida) | Palaeolama mirifica (154921) Tanupolama mirifica (154771) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Georgia) | Palaeolama mirifica (20613) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (Texas) | Tanupolama mirifica (93103) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Florida) | Palaeolama mirifica (154722) |