A new species of small Camelidae from the Late Pleistocene of Brazil
ABSTRACT Camelids have been known in South America since the late Pliocene, where they arrived from North America as part of the Great American Biotic Interchange (GABI). They became extinct in North America by the late Pleistocene, while surviving in the Southern Cone of South America and in high a...
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| Published in: | Journal of quaternary science Vol. 37; no. 7; pp. 1261 - 1269 |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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Chichester
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01-10-2022
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Camelids have been known in South America since the late Pliocene, where they arrived from North America as part of the Great American Biotic Interchange (GABI). They became extinct in North America by the late Pleistocene, while surviving in the Southern Cone of South America and in high altitudes of the Andean region. Extinct South American camelids are generally included in the genera Palaeolama and Hemiauchenia, members of which are larger than modern species. We describe here a new, small species of the genus Hemiauchenia based on late Pleistocene specimens previously assigned to Lama guanicoe. This specimen lived in northeastern Brazil at 22 345–21 907 cal a
bp, and had a diet composed mainly of C3 plants. |
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| Bibliography: | Correction added on 13 June 2022 after first online publication: In figure 8, one of the labels along the x‐axis was incorrect. “P. cartellei” has been changed to “H. mirim” in this updated version of the article. |
| ISSN: | 0267-8179 1099-1417 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/jqs.3426 |