Kingdom Animalia Class Mammalia Family †Macraucheniidae Scientific name Paranauchenia denticulata | Phylum Chordata Order †Litopterna Species †P. denticulata Rank Genus | |
Similar Cramauchenia, Theosodon, Macraucheniidae, Xenorhinotherium | ||
Paranauchenia is an extinct genus of South American litopterns, related to Macrauchenia, belonging to the same family, Macraucheniidae, and is known only from fossil finds in South America. It possessed three toes and long limbs. The species Paranauchenia denticulata lived in the Miocene epoch in Argentina.
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