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Eoauchenia

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae

Taxonomy

Eoauchenia was named by Ameghino (1887). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Proterotheriidae by Rovereto (1914), Carroll (1988).

Species

E. cingulata, E. primitiva

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1887	Eoauchenia Ameghino
1914	Eoauchenia Rovereto p. 128
1988	Eoauchenia Carroll

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Euungulata
—	Panperissodactyla
order	Panameriungulata
suborder	Litopterna	(Ameghino 1889)
family	Proterotheriidae	Ameghino 1887
genus	Eoauchenia	Ameghino 1887

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.

G. †Eoauchenia Ameghino 1887

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†Eoauchenia cingulata Cabrera 1939

†Eoauchenia primitiva Ameghino 1887

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

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Montehermosan or 7.24600 to 3.80000 Ma

Collections (10 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Huayquerian	8.0 - 5.0	Argentina (Buenos Aires)	E. cingulata (212302)
Huayquerian	8.0 - 5.0	Argentina (La Pampa)	E. cingulata (87198)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Argentina (La Pampa)	E. primitiva (140932)
Messinian - Zanclean	7.246 - 3.6	Argentina (La Rioja)	E. sp. (152263)
Montehermosan	5.0 - 3.8	Argentina (Buenos Aires)	E. primitiva (152062 152064 152081 152085 152088 198863)