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, Micrauchenia, Oxyodontherium, Paranauchenia, Phoenixauchenia, Promacrauchenia, Scalabrinitherium, Windhausenia, Xenorhinotherium
Subtaxa: Macrauchenia antiqua Macrauchenia boliviensis Macrauchenia formosa Macrauchenia intermedia Macrauchenia patagonica Macrauchenia ullomensis
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 (3)
• Neogene of Argentina (1)
• Eocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 61 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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