Biology:Paranauchenia
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Short description: Extinct genus of litopterns
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Litopterna |
| Family: | †Macraucheniidae |
| Subfamily: | †Macraucheniinae |
| Genus: | †Paranauchenia Ameghino, 1904 |
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| †Paranauchenia denticulata Ameghino, 1904
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Paranauchenia is an extinct genus of South American litopterns belonging to the family Macraucheniidae. It is known only from fossil finds in Argentina . It possessed three toes and long limbs. The species Paranauchenia denticulata lived in the Miocene epoch in Argentina .[1] Fossils have been found in the Arroyo Chasicó and Ituzaingó Formations of Argentina.[2]
Classification
Cladogram based in the phylogenetic analysis published by Schmidt et al., 2014, showing the position of Paranauchenia:[3]
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References
- ↑ Ameghino, F. 1904a. Nuevas especies de mamíferos Cretáceos y Terciarios de la República Argentina. Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina 16: 193-208; 17: 162-175, 182-192, 225-240, 241-291.
- ↑ Paranauchenia at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ 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 ☰ Q3306852 entry
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