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Auchenia

Mammalia - Camelidae

Taxonomy
Auchenia was named by Illiger (1811). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lama by Simpson (1945).

It was assigned to Camelina by Gray (1825); and to Camelidae by Leidy (1873).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1811Auchenia Illiger p. 103
1825Auchenia Gray p. 342
1873Auchenia Leidy p. 317

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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
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
familyCamelidae
genusAuchenia

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. Auchenia Illiger 1811
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Auchenia californica Leidy 1870
Auchenia cordubensis Ameghino 1889
Auchenia ensenadensis Ameghino 1889
Auchenia injanensis Ameghino 1889
Auchenia mesolithica Ameghino 1889
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:42:02
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999
Collections
No collection or age range data are available