Macrauchenia Owen 1838 (placental)

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae

Parent taxon: Macraucheniinae according to G. I. Schmidt and B. S. Ferrero 2014

See also Carroll 1988, Cope 1881, Lydekker 1894, Owen 1848 and Scott 1913

Sister taxa: Cullinia, Huayqueriana, Macraucheniopsis, Oxyodontherium, Paranauchenia, Phoenixauchenia, Promacrauchenia, Scalabrinitherium, Windhausenia, Xenorhinotherium

Subtaxa: Macrauchenia antiqua Macrauchenia boliviensis Macrauchenia formosa Macrauchenia intermedia Macrauchenia patagonica Macrauchenia ullomensis

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Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (14 collections), Bolivia (8), Brazil (16), Chile (4), Paraguay (1), Peru (3), Uruguay (7), Venezuela (1)

• Pliocene of Argentina (2), Bolivia (1)

• Montehermosan of Bolivia (2)

• Neogene of Argentina (1)

• Eocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)

Total: 61 collections each including a single occurrence

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