Macraucheniopsis
Extinct genus of litopterns
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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]
| Macraucheniopsis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | †Litopterna |
| Family: | †Macraucheniidae |
| Subfamily: | †Macraucheniinae |
| Genus: | †Macraucheniopsis Paula Couto, 1945 |
| Species: | †M. ensenadensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Macraucheniopsis ensenadensis Ameghino (1888) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Promacrauchenia ensenadense Ameghino 1888 | |