Macraucheniopsis Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene-Late Pleistocene (Ensenadan-Lujanian) ~0.781–0.0117 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific 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:
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References
- "Fossilworks: Macraucheniopsis". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
- 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.
- 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.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Macraucheniopsis |