Paranauchenia
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Paraunauchenia |
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Extinct (fossil)
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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.