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Macrauchenia patagonica

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae

Taxonomy
Macrauchenia patachonica was named by Owen (1838).

It was corrected as Macrauchenia patagonica by Lydekker (1894).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Macrauchenia patachonica Owen
1894Macrauchenia patagonica Lydekker p. 62

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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)
genusMacraucheniaOwen 1838
speciespatagonica(Owen 1838)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
Cranium, orbital longitudinal diameter height171.0----
Cranium, orbital perpendicular diameter height164.4----
Lumbar vertebra, anterior end diameter253.442.068.055.018.4
Lumbar vertebra, centrum height192.0----
Lumbar vertebra, greatest diameter diameter1250.0----
Lumbar vertebra, posterior end diameter249.446.053.049.54.95
Lumbar vertebra, spinal canal height234.0--34.0-
Lumbar vertebra, spinal canal diameter244.841.049.045.05.66
mandibular ramus at m1 level height147.0----

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: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, MacFadden et al. 1996, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Neogene to the top of the Lujanian or 23.03000 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (37 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)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Bolivia (La Paz) Macrauchenia patachonica (70653)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Bolivia (Tarija ) Macrauchenia patachonica (70673)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Bolivia Macrauchenia patagonica (142016)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Macrauchenia patachonica (151515)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Pernambuco) Macrauchenia patachonica (149721)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Paraguay Macrauchenia patachonica (71292)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Argentina Macrauchenia patachonica (216677)
Ensenadan1.75 - 0.4Argentina (Cordoba) Macrauchenia patachonica (123831)
Lujanian (interglacial)0.781 - 0.012Uruguay (Salto) Macrauchenia patachonica (140159)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Santa Fe) Macrauchenia patagonica (231074)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Entre Ríos) Macrauchenia patachonica (203955)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Buenos Aires) Macrauchenia patachonica (63337 71279 71287 71303 71314 198875)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Uruguay Macrauchenia patachonica (71325 211644)
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 - 0.0117Bolivia (Tarija) Macrauchenia patagonica (142158)
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 - 0.0117Chile Macrauchenia patachonica (225571)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay (Montevideo) Macrauchenia patachonica (211645)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Macrauchenia patachonica (147598 149143 151520 151522 151539)