Biology:Macraucheniopsis
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Short description: Extinct genus of litopterns
| 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 | |
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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
Cladogram based in the phylogenetic analysis published by Schmidt et al., 2014, showing the position of Macraucheniopsis:[3]
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References
- ↑ "Fossilworks: Macraucheniopsis". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=43498.
- ↑ 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. https://www.academia.edu/3591842.
- ↑ 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. doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.837393. Bibcode: 2014JVPal..34.1231S.
Wikidata ☰ Q113946418 entry
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