The presence of Plio-Pleistocene palaeolama sp. (artiodactyla: camelidae) on the southern coast of Peru

We report the oldest record of the genus Palaeolama in Peru; its constitutes one of the oldest records for the genus in South America. The shape and size of the fossil material is comparable to South American forms P. (Hemiauchenia) paradoxa and the smallest forms of P. (Palaeolama) weddellii. The b...

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Main Authors: Rodolfo Salas, Marcelo Stucchi, Thomas J. Devries
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Institut Français d'Études Andines 2003-08-01
Series:Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/bifea/6414