Huayqueriana
Huayqueriana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Litopterna |
Family: | †Macraucheniidae |
Subfamily: | †Macraucheniinae |
Genus: | †Huayqueriana Rovereto 1914 |
Species: | †H. cristata
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Binomial name | |
†Huayqueriana cristata Rovereto 1914
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Synonyms | |
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Huayqueriana is an extinct
litoptern, related to Macrauchenia, and belonging to the same family, Macraucheniidae. It was formerly known as Macrauchenidia latidens, described in 1939 by Cabrera, but redefined as Huayqueriana in 2016 based on the earlier name convention of Rovereto 1914.[1][2] The genus is named after the Huayquerías Formation and the eponymous Huayquerian South American land mammal age
defined at the formation.
Classification
Cladogram based in the phylogenetic analysis published by Schmidt et al., 2014, showing the position of Huayqueriana:[3]
References
- ^ Forasiepi et al., 2016, p.11
- ^ Cabrera (A.), 1939. "Sobre vertebrados fósiles del Plioceno del Adolfo Alsina". Revista Museo de La Plata, II (n. Serie), Paleont.: 3–35.
- hdl:11336/18953.
Bibliography
- Forasiepi, Analía M.; MacPhee, Ross D.E.; Hernández del Pino, Santiago; Schmidt, Gabriela I.; Amson, Eli; Grohé, Camille (2016). "Exceptional skull of Huayqueriana (Mammalia, Litopterna, Macraucheniidae) from the Late Miocene of Argentina: anatomy, systematics and paleobiological implications" (PDF). S2CID 89219979. Retrieved 2018-10-01.