Macraucheniopsis
Appearance
Macraucheniopsis | |
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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
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Binomial name | |
†Macraucheniopsis ensenadensis Ameghino (1888)
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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.[1] It, along with Macrauchenia, Neolicaphrium, and Xenorhinotherium were among the youngest known genera of litopterns.[2]
Classification
[edit]Cladogram based in the phylogenetic analysis published by Schmidt et al., 2014, showing the position of Macraucheniopsis:[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Fossilworks: Macraucheniopsis". www.fossilworks.org. 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.