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Promacrauchenia cristata

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae

Discussion

Ecology: terrestrial herbivore

Taxonomy
Promacrauchenia cristata was named by Rovereto (1914). Its type specimen is MACN-PV 8463, a partial skull (fragmentary skull and associated dentaries), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Huayquerías de Biluco, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene terrestrial sandstone in Argentina. It is the type species of Huayqueriana.

It was recombined as Huayqueriana cristata by Riggs and Patterson (1939) and Forasiepi et al. (2016).

Synonyms
  • Macrauchenidia latidens was named by Cabrera (1939). Its type specimen is MLP 37-III-7-2, a mandible (Gran parte de una mandíbula, en fragmentos, incluyendo una porción considerable de ambas ramas ascendentes y la región sinfisaria, muy deformada, con los i ,_ 3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Robilotte field - SE of Epecuén lagoon & E of Laguna de Epecuén, which is in a Huayquerian terrestrial siltstone/siltstone in the Epecuén Formation of Argentina.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Huayqueriana cristata by Soria (1986).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Promacrauchenia cristata Rovereto
1939Macrauchenidia latidens Cabrera
1939Huayqueriana cristata Riggs and Patterson
2016Huayqueriana cristata Forasiepi et al.

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
orderPanameriungulata
suborderLitopterna(Ameghino 1889)
familyMacraucheniidae
subfamilyMacraucheniinae(Gervais 1855)
genusPromacrauchenia
speciescristata

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.

†Promacrauchenia cristata Rovereto 1914
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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, MacFadden et al. 1996, Lillegraven 1979
Collections
No collection or age range data are available