Presence of the genus Palaeolama Gervais, 1867 (Artiodactyla, Camelidae) in the meridional extreme of the semiarid North of Chile (Los Vilos-IV Region).

Authors

  • Patricio López M. Departamento de Antropología, Universidad de Chile
  • Douglas Jackson S. Departamento de Antropología, Universidad de Chile
  • Donald Jackson S. Departamento de Antropología, Universidad de Chile

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54830/bmnhn.v54.2005.286

Keywords:

Camelidae, Palaeolama, Late Pleistocene, Semiarid north, Chile

Abstract

Archaeologies and paleontologies investigations in the semiarid North of Chile (IV Region) have recovered in late Pleistocene deposits an abundant record of extints mammals. In this record, the genus Palaeolama Gervais, 1867 (Camelidae ) is present, identified in superficial and stratigraphics contexts ín the Comuna de Los Vilos (31°S). The analysis of the fossils from the coastal semiarid permits to identify the presence of this extint camelid through the next diagnostic characters: (1) endostils in M1 and M2 , (2) a large size and diferences in the bone conformation in relation with extant camelids

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Published

2005-12-26

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López M., P. ., Jackson S., D. ., & Jackson S., D. . (2005). Presence of the genus Palaeolama Gervais, 1867 (Artiodactyla, Camelidae) in the meridional extreme of the semiarid North of Chile (Los Vilos-IV Region). Boletín Museo Nacional De Historia Natural, 54, 129–140. https://doi.org/10.54830/bmnhn.v54.2005.286

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Vol. 54 (2005): Boletín Museo Nacional de Historia Natural

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