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Extinct genus of litopterns

Macraucheniopsis
Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene-Late Pleistocene (Ensenadan-Lujanian)
~0.781–0.0117 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Litopterna
Family: Macraucheniidae
Subfamily: Macraucheniinae
Genus: Macraucheniopsis
Paula Couto, 1945
Species: M. ensenadensis
Binomial name
Macraucheniopsis ensenadensis
Ameghino (1888)
Synonyms

Promacrauchenia ensenadense Ameghino 1888

Macraucheniopsis is an extinct genus of litoptern mammal belonging to the family Macraucheniidae from the Middle to Late Pleistocene of Argentina. It, along with Macrauchenia, Neolicaphrium, and Xenorhinotherium were among the youngest known genera of litopterns.

Classification

Cladogram showing the taxonomic relationships of Macraucheniopsis:

Proadiantus

Tricoelodus

Polymorphis

Pternoconius

Coniopternium

Cramauchenia

Theosodon

Macraucheniinae

Scalabrinitherium

Oxyodontherium

Huayqueriana

Paranauchenia denticulata

Paranauchenia hystatus

Cullinia

Promacrauchenia

Windhausenia

Xenorhinotherium

Macraucheniopsis

Macrauchenia

References

  1. "Fossilworks: Macraucheniopsis". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
  2. Scherer, Carolina; Pitana, Vanessa; Ribeiro, Ana Maria (2009). "Proterotheriidae and Macraucheniidae (Litopterna, Mammalia) from the Pleistocene of Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil". Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia. 12 (3): 231. doi:10.4072/rbp.2009.3.06. ISSN 1519-7530.
  3. Schmidt, Gabriela I.; Ferrero, Brenda S. (September 2014). "Taxonomic Reinterpretation of Theosodon hystatus Cabrera and Kraglievich, 1931 (Litopterna, Macraucheniidae) and Phylogenetic Relationships of the Family". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 34 (5): 1231–1238. Bibcode:2014JVPal..34.1231S. doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.837393. hdl:11336/18953.
Genera of South American native ungulates
Xenungulata, Pyrotheria, Astrapotheria, and other minor groups
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Pyrotherium romeroi

Astrapotherium magnum
Litopterna
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Adianthidae
Macraucheniidae
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Pachyrukhini
Thomashuxleya rostrata

Huilatherium pluriplicatum

Toxodon platensis
Taxon identifiers
Macraucheniopsis
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