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FS50 Large-headed Llama Astragalus

5.0 cm. Long x 2.5 cm. Wide x 1.5 cm. High

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Classification: Metazoa, Chordata, Mammalia, Artiodactyla, Camelidae, Hemiauchenia, macrocephala

Description: Ankle bone (astragalus) of the large-headed Llama (Hemiauchenia macrocephalus), a.k.a., the Long-legged Llama.

Age: Miocene Epoch to Pleistocene

Location Found: United States, Florida, Peace River, FL

Found by: Ed DeRouin

Custodian: fossilweb

Identified by: Ed DeRouin

References: Vertebrate Fossils, a Neophyte's Guide, p. 146.