Macraucheniopsis | |
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Scientific classification
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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]
Cladogram based in the phylogenetic analysis published by Schmidt et al., 2014, showing the position of Macraucheniopsis: [3]
Macraucheniopsis | |
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Scientific classification
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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)
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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]
Cladogram based in the phylogenetic analysis published by Schmidt et al., 2014, showing the position of Macraucheniopsis: [3]