Palaeolama
| Palaeolama Temporal range: Pleistocene to Holocene | |
|---|---|
| Palaeolama fossils | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Camelidae |
| Subfamily: | Camelinae |
| Tribe: | Lamini |
| Genus: | †Palaeolama Gervais, 1869 |
| Type species | |
| †Palaeolama weddeli Gervais, 1855 | |
| Species | |
|
†P. aequatorialis (Hoffstetter, 1952) | |
Palaeolama (lit. 'ancient llama') is an extinct genus of lamine camelids that existed from the Pleistocene to the Holocene (1.9 to 0.0034 Ma). Their range extended from North America to the intertropical region of South America.