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Promacrauchenia

Osteichthyes - Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Promacrauchenia Ameghino p. 58
1914Promacrauchenia Rovereto p. 53
1988Promacrauchenia Carroll
1993Promacrauchenia MacFadden et al. p. 235
2014Promacrauchenia Schmidt and Ferrero

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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)
genusPromacrauchenia

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. †Promacrauchenia Ameghino 1904
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†Promacrauchenia antiqua Ameghino 1887
†Promacrauchenia cristata Rovereto 1914
†Promacrauchenia ensenadense Ameghino 1888
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, MacFadden et al. 1996

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Chapadmalalan or 5.33300 to 3.00000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (La Pampa) P. sp. (87198)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) P. sp. (61298 61299)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Entre Rios) P. antiqua (55600)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Bolivia (La Paz) P. sp. (70642)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Bolivia (Oruro) P. sp. (70644)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Argentina (Buenos Aires) P. chapadmalense (191769)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Argentina (Catamarca) P. sp. (198549)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) P. kraglievichi, P. antiqua (152081 198863) P. sp. (83282)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Catamarca) P. antiqua (176757)
Montehermosan - Chapadmalalan5.0 - 3.0Argentina (Cordoba) P. sp. (189509)
Montehermosan - Chapadmalalan5.0 - 3.0Argentina (Catamarca) P. antiqua (157795)
Montehermosan - Chapadmalalan5.0 - 3.0Bolivia (La Paz) P. sp. (70641)
Montehermosan - Chapadmalalan5.0 - 3.0Bolivia (Oruro) P. sp. (70643)
Chapadmalalan3.8 - 3.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) P. chapadmalense (199156) P. sp. (202340)
Chapadmalalan3.8 - 3.0Bolivia (Linares) P. sp. (71112)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Argentina (Buenos Aires) P. sp. (199155)