Cramauchenia

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Cramauchenia
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Litopterna
Family: Macraucheniidae
Genus: Cramauchenia
Species: C. normalis
Binomial name
Cramauchenia normalis
Ameghino, 1902
Genera and Species
  • C. insolita
  • C. normalis

Cramauchenia is a member of the litoptern order of South American mammals. Cramauchenia was named by Florentino Ameghino. The name has no literal translation. Instead, it is an anagram of the name of a related genus Macrauchenia.

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