Macraucheniopsis

Macraucheniopsis Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene-Late Pleistocene (Ensenadan-Lujanian) ~0.781–0.0117 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Litopterna
Family:	†Macraucheniidae
Subfamily:	†Macraucheniinae
Genus:	†Macraucheniopsis Paula Couto, 1945
Species:	†M. ensenadensis
Binomial name
†Macraucheniopsis ensenadensis Ameghino (1888)
Synonyms
Promacrauchenia ensenadense Ameghino 1888

Macraucheniopsis is an extinct genus of litoptern mammal belonging to the family Macraucheniidae from the Middle to Late Pleistocene of Argentina.^[1] It, along with Macrauchenia, Neolicaphrium, and Xenorhinotherium were among the youngest known genera of litopterns.^[2]

Classification

Cladogram showing the taxonomic relationships of Macraucheniopsis:^[3]

	Proadiantus Tricoelodus Polymorphis Pternoconius Coniopternium Cramauchenia Theosodon Macraucheniinae Scalabrinitherium Oxyodontherium Huayqueriana Paranauchenia denticulata Paranauchenia hystatus Cullinia Promacrauchenia Windhausenia Xenorhinotherium Macraucheniopsis Macrauchenia

References

1. "Fossilworks: Macraucheniopsis". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
2. Scherer, Carolina; Pitana, Vanessa; Ribeiro, Ana Maria (2009). "Proterotheriidae and Macraucheniidae (Litopterna, Mammalia) from the Pleistocene of Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil". Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia. 12 (3): 231. doi:10.4072/rbp.2009.3.06. ISSN 1519-7530.
3. Schmidt, Gabriela I.; Ferrero, Brenda S. (September 2014). "Taxonomic Reinterpretation of Theosodon hystatus Cabrera and Kraglievich, 1931 (Litopterna, Macraucheniidae) and Phylogenetic Relationships of the Family". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 34 (5): 1231–1238. Bibcode:2014JVPal..34.1231S. doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.837393. hdl:11336/18953.