Cramauchenia Temporal range: 23.0–15.9 Ma |
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Skull of Cramauchenia insolita in the Field Museum of Natural History. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Litopterna |
Family: | Macraucheniidae |
Genus: | Cramauchenia Ameghino, 1902 |
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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.