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Macrauchenia

Osteichthyes - Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae

Taxonomy
Macrauchenia was named by Owen (1838). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Perissodactyla by Owen (1848); to Macrauchenidae by Scott (1913); to Macraucheniidae by Cope (1881), Lydekker (1894), Carroll (1988); and to Macraucheniinae by Schmidt and Ferrero (2014).

Species
M. antiqua, M. boliviensis, M. formosa, M. intermedia, M. patagonica, M. ullomensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
M. minor

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Macrauchenia Owen
1848Macrauchenia Owen p. 139
1881Macrauchenia Cope p. 398
1894Macrauchenia Lydekker p. 62
1913Macrauchenia Scott p. 489
1988Macrauchenia Carroll
2014Macrauchenia 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)
genusMacraucheniaOwen 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.

G. †Macrauchenia Owen 1838
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†Macrauchenia antiqua Ameghino 1887
†Macrauchenia boliviensis Huxley 1860
†Macrauchenia formosa Moreno 1888
†Macrauchenia intermedia Moreno 1888
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: MacFadden et al. 1996, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Neogene to the top of the Holocene or 23.04000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (61 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene - Miocene56.0 - 5.333Argentina (Santa Cruz) M. patachonica (50077)
Neogene - Pleistocene23.04 - 0.0117Argentina (Santa Cruz) M. patachonica (204260)
Montehermosan - Chapadmalalan5.0 - 3.0Bolivia (Oruro) M. sp. (70643)
Montehermosan - Chapadmalalan5.0 - 3.0Bolivia (La Paz) M. minor (142380)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Argentina (Buenos Aires) M. sp. (53926)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Argentina (Jujuy) M. sp. (210722)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Bolivia (La Paz) M. patachonica (70653)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Bolivia M. patagonica (142016)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Bolivia (Tarija ) M. patachonica (70673)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Bolivia (La Paz) M. ullomensis (70652)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) M. patachonica (151515)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Paraguay M. patachonica (71292)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Bolivia (La Paz) M. sp. (71585)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Peru M. sp. (89798)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Bolivia (Oruro) M. ullomensis (63761)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Brazil (Pernambuco) M. patachonica (149721) M. sp. (71275)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Brazil (Paraiba) M. sp. (71298 71299)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Argentina M. patachonica (216677)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Brazil (Piauí) M. sp. (211633)
Ensenadan1.75 - 0.4Bolivia M. sp. (71322)
Ensenadan1.75 - 0.4Argentina (Cordoba) M. patachonica (123831)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Bolivia (Chuquisaca) M. patachonica (70704)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Uruguay (Montevideo) M. patachonica (120884)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Uruguay M. patachonica (71325 211644) M. sp. (71274)
Lujanian (interglacial)0.4 - 0.0117Uruguay (Salto) M. patachonica (140159)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) M. patachonica (63337 71279 71287 71303 71314 198875) M. sp. (37999)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Cordoba) M. sp. (197918)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Peru (Piura) M. sp. (145502)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Santa Fe) M. patagonica (231074)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Entre Ríos) M. patachonica (203955)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Chile M. patachonica (225571) M. sp. (71341 225572)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Falcon) M. sp. (71284)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Piaui) M. patachonica (71331 71332 71333 71334 71335)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Santiago del Estero) M. sp. (191153)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) M. patachonica (147598 149143 151520 151522 151539)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru M. patachonica (71296)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bolivia (Tarija) M. patagonica (142158)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay (Montevideo) M. patachonica (211645)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay M. sp. (211646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) M. sp. (191127)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Chile (Ultima Esperanza) M. sp. (151088)