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Macraucheniinae

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae

Taxonomy
Macraucheniinae was named by Gervais (1855). It is not extant.

It was reranked as the subfamily Macraucheniinae by Cifelli (1983) and McKenna and Bell (1997).

It was assigned to Macraucheniidae by Cifelli (1983) and McKenna and Bell (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Macraucheniinae Cifelli
1997Macraucheniinae McKenna and Bell pp. 451-452

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
orderPanameriungulata
suborderLitopterna(Ameghino 1889)
familyMacraucheniidae
subfamilyMacraucheniinae(Gervais 1855)
subfamilyMacraucheniinae(Gervais 1855)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. †Macraucheniinae Gervais 1855
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G. †Cullinia Cabrera and Kraglievich 1931
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†Cullinia levis Cabrera and Kraglievich 1931
G. †Huayqueriana Kraglievich 1934
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†Huayqueriana cristata Rovereto 1914
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Invalid names: Macrauchenidia latidens Cabrera 1939 [synonym]
G. †Macrauchenia Owen 1838
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†Macrauchenia antiqua Ameghino 1887
†Macrauchenia boliviensis Huxley 1860
†Macrauchenia formosa Moreno 1888
†Macrauchenia intermedia Moreno 1888
G. †Macraucheniopsis Paula Couto 1945
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G. †Micrauchenia Püschel et al. 2023
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†Micrauchenia saladensis Püschel et al. 2023
G. †Oxyodontherium Ameghino 1883
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†Oxyodontherium piramydatus Ameghino 1885
†Oxyodontherium zeballozi Ameghino 1883
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Invalid names: Macrauchenia minuta Burmeister 1885 [synonym]
G. †Paranauchenia Ameghino 1904
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†Paranauchenia denticulata Ameghino 1891
†Paranauchenia denticulatum Ameghino 1891
†Paranauchenia hystatus Cabrera and Kraglievich 1931
G. †Phoenixauchenia Ameghino 1904
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†Phoenixauchenia tehuelcha Ameghino 1904
G. †Promacrauchenia Ameghino 1904
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†Promacrauchenia antiqua Ameghino 1887
†Promacrauchenia cristata Rovereto 1914
†Promacrauchenia ensenadense Ameghino 1888
G. †Scalabrinitherium Ameghino 1883
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†Scalabrinia paranaensis Bravard 1858
†Scalabrinitherium bravardi Ameghino 1883
†Scalabrinitherium rothii Ameghino 1885
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Invalid names: Macrauchenia media Burmeister 1885 [synonym]
G. †Windhausenia Kraglievich 1930
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†Windhausenia delacroixi Kraglievich 1930
G. †Xenorhinotherium Cartelle and Lessa 1988
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†Xenorhinotherium bahiense Cartelle and Lessa 1988
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-05 17:11:35
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:11:35
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, MacFadden et al. 1996

Age range: base of the Friasian to the top of the Holocene or 16.30000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (111 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene - Miocene56.0 - 5.333Argentina (Santa Cruz) Macrauchenia patachonica (50077)
Neogene - Pleistocene23.03 - 0.0117Argentina (Santa Cruz) Macrauchenia patachonica (204260)
Friasian16.3 - 15.5Chile Phoenixauchenia sp. (176666)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Brazil (Acre) Cullinia sp. (55602)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Argentina (Entre Rios) Palaeotherium paranense (13626)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Chile (Atacama) Micrauchenia saladensis (235648)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Uruguay Macraucheniinae indet. (80364)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Argentina (Entre Ríos) Macraucheniinae indet. (235747)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Argentina (Mendoza) Huayqueriana cristata (200116)
Chasicoan10.0 - 9.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Paranauchenia hystata, Cullinia levis (79180) Theosodon hystatus (206418)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Mendoza) Huayqueriana cristata (200444)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (La Pampa) Cullinia sp., Promacrauchenia sp., Macraucheniinae indet., Scalabrinitherium bravardi, Macrauchenidia latidens (87198) Macraucheniinae indet. (204363) Macraucheniinae indet., Paranauchenia denticulata (151498) Macraucheniinae indet., Scalabrinitherium bravardi (152061) Scalabrinitherium bravardi (204361)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Entre Rios) Cullinia sp., Scalabrinitherium bravardi, Scalabrinitherium rothii, Mesorhinus piramydatus, Paranauchenia denticulata, Promacrauchenia antiqua, Oxyodontherium zeballosi (55600)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Macrauchenidia latidens (212302) Macraucheniinae indet. (206032) Macraucheniinae indet., Scalabrinitherium bravardi (210573) Promacrauchenia sp. (61298 61299) Scalabrinitherium bravardi (198270)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Bolivia (La Paz) Promacrauchenia sp. (70642)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Argentina (Jujuy) Windhausenia delacroixi (232412)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Bolivia (Oruro) Promacrauchenia sp. (70644)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Argentina (Buenos Aires) Promacrauchenia chapadmalense (191769)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Argentina (Catamarca) Promacrauchenia sp. (198549)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) Promacrauchenia kraglievichi, Promacrauchenia antiqua (152081 198863) Promacrauchenia sp. (83282)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Catamarca) Promacrauchenia antiqua (176757)
Montehermosan - Chapadmalalan5.0 - 3.0Bolivia (Oruro) Macrauchenia sp., Promacrauchenia sp. (70643)
Montehermosan - Chapadmalalan5.0 - 3.0Argentina (Cordoba) Promacrauchenia sp. (189509)
Montehermosan - Chapadmalalan5.0 - 3.0Bolivia (La Paz) Macrauchenia minor (142380) Promacrauchenia sp. (70641)
Montehermosan - Chapadmalalan5.0 - 3.0Argentina (Catamarca) Promacrauchenia antiqua (157795)
Chapadmalalan4.0 - 3.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Promacrauchenia chapadmalense (199156) Promacrauchenia sp. (202340)
Chapadmalalan4.0 - 3.0Argentina (San Luis) Oxyodontherium zeballosi (79508)
Chapadmalalan4.0 - 3.0Bolivia (Linares) Promacrauchenia sp. (71112)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Argentina (Buenos Aires) Macrauchenia sp., Oxyodontherium sp. (53926) Promacrauchenia sp. (199155)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Argentina (Jujuy) Macrauchenia sp. (210722) Windhausenia delacroixi (141896)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Bolivia (La Paz) Macrauchenia patachonica (70653)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Argentina (Buenos Aires) Windhausenia sp. (71304)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Bolivia (La Paz) Macrauchenia ullomensis (70652)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Bolivia Macrauchenia patagonica (142016)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Bolivia (Tarija ) Macrauchenia patachonica (70673)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Paraguay Macrauchenia patachonica (71292)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Pernambuco) Macrauchenia patachonica (149721) Macrauchenia sp. (71275)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Ceará) Xenorhinotherium baihense (230756)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Bolivia (Oruro) Macrauchenia ullomensis (63761)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Argentina Oxyodontherium zeballosi (213465)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Paraiba) Macrauchenia sp. (71298 71299)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Macrauchenia patachonica (151515)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Peru Macrauchenia sp. (89798)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Alagoas) Xenorhinotherium bahiense (230755)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Bolivia (La Paz) Macrauchenia sp. (71585)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) Xenorhinotherium sp. (92814)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Brazil (Piauí) Macrauchenia sp. (211633)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Argentina Macrauchenia patachonica (216677)
Ensenadan1.75 - 0.4Argentina (Cordoba) Macrauchenia patachonica (123831)
Ensenadan1.75 - 0.4Bolivia Macrauchenia sp. (71322)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Cordoba) Macrauchenia sp. (197918)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Peru (Piura) Macrauchenia sp. (145502)
Lujanian (interglacial)0.781 - 0.012Uruguay (Salto) Macrauchenia patachonica (140159)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Buenos Aires) Macrauchenia patachonica (63337 71279 71287 71303 71314 198875) Macrauchenia sp. (37999)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Santa Fe) Macrauchenia patagonica (231074)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Uruguay Macrauchenia patachonica (71325 211644) Macrauchenia sp. (71274)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Entre Ríos) Macrauchenia patachonica (203955)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Argentina (Buenos Aires) Macraucheniopsis ensenadensis (63335)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Bolivia (Chuquisaca) Macrauchenia patachonica (70704)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Uruguay (Montevideo) Macrauchenia patachonica (120884)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Piaui) Macrauchenia patachonica (71331 71332 71333 71334 71335)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru Macrauchenia patachonica (71296)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) Macraucheniopsis ensenadensis (71316)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay Macrauchenia sp. (211646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Bahia) Xenorhinotherium bahiense (136498)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Chile Macrauchenia patachonica (225571) Macrauchenia sp. (71341 225572)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Macrauchenia patachonica (147598 149143 151520 151522 151539)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Santiago del Estero) Macrauchenia sp. (191153)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Falcon) Macrauchenia sp. (71284)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bolivia (Tarija) Macrauchenia patagonica (142158)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay (Montevideo) Macrauchenia patachonica (211645)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Norte) Xenorhinotherium bahiense (148309)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) Xenorhinotherium bahiensis (212449)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Macrauchenia sp. (191127)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Chile (Ultima Esperanza) Macrauchenia sp. (151088)