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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).
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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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 (Astylolama) aequatorialis Hoffstetter 1952
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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, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Peru | Palaeolama aequatorialis (71346) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Ecuador (Santa Elena) | Palaeolama aequatorialis (type locality: 133630) |