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Palaeolama crequii

Mammals

Palaeolama crequii is an extinct species of camelid, a member of the family Camelidae in the genus Palaeolama. It was named by Boule and Thevenin in 1920, and the Paleobiology Database records it as an extinct species of the order Artiodactyla, the even-toed ungulates. The database holds the name with no dated fossil occurrence of its own, so it gives no age range for the species. Its ecospace record gives a terrestrial, ground-dwelling way of life and a browsing or grazing diet, values taken from the wider family, since fossils of the species itself do not show how it fed. The GBIF backbone taxonomy lists Palaeolama crequii as an accepted species of the family Camelidae, which is the second source for the name.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Herbivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Living or Extinct
No 1
Scientific Name
Palaeolama crequii 2
Conservation Status
Extinct 1
Body Size Band
Large 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Camelidae, Taxa
Source Palaeolama crequii (Paleobiology Database)
Sources
1. Palaeolama crequii (Paleobiology Database)
  • Taxon record, extant status
    "is_extant": "extinct"
  • Ecospace record, environment
    "taxon_environment": "terrestrial"
  • Ecospace record, diet, taken from Palaeolama
    "diet": "browser"
  • Child Taxon Of: Camelidae, Taxon record, classification family
    "family": "Camelidae"
  • In Group: Even-Toed Ungulates (Artiodactyla), Taxon record, classification order
    "order": "Artiodactyla"
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2. GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): GBIF Backbone Taxonomy match for Palaeolama crequii
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)Backbone match, canonical name
Quote, Backbone match, canonical name
"canonicalName": "Palaeolama crequii"
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3. Palaeolama (Wikipedia)
Description, weight
Quote, Description, weight
They likely weighed around 200 kilograms (440 lb) or up to 300 kilograms (660 lb), surpassing the weight of modern llamas.
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