| Palaeolama Temporal range: Pleistocene, 1.8–0.011 Ma |
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Fossil
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Suborder: | Ruminantia |
| Family: | Camelidae |
| Tribe: | Lamini |
| Genus: | †Palaeolama Gervais, 1869 |
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P. mirifica (Simpson, 1931) |
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Palaeolama (Early Llama)[1] is an extinct North and South American genus of lamine camelid.
Palaeolama mirifica, the "stout-legged llama", is known from southern California and the southeastern U. S. with the highest concentration of fossil specimens found in Florida, specifically the counties of Alachua, Citrus, Hillsborough, Manatee, Polk, Brevard, Orange, Sumter, Levy.[2]
Four specimens of Palaeolama were examined by Legendre and Roth for body mass.[3]