Paranauchenia

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iParaunauchenia
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Litopterna
Family: Macraucheniidae
Genus: Paranauchenia
Species: P. denticulata
Binomial name
Paranauchenia denticulata
Owen, 1838


The Paranauchenia (Paranauchenia denticulata) is an extinct genus of the 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. For a more proper description of species, the scientific name is Paranauchenia denticulata, of the Miocene Era in Argentina.


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