Macraucheniopsis

Macraucheniopsis is an extinct genus of litoptern mammal belonging to the family Macraucheniidae from the Middle to Late Pleistocene of Argentina.^[1] It, along with Macrauchenia, Neolicaphrium, and Xenorhinotherium were among the youngest known genera of litopterns.^[2]

Macraucheniopsis Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene-Late Pleistocene (Ensenadan-Lujanian) ~0.781–0.0117 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Litopterna
Family:	†Macraucheniidae
Subfamily:	†Macraucheniinae
Genus:	†Macraucheniopsis Paula Couto, 1945
Species:	†M. ensenadensis
Binomial name
†Macraucheniopsis ensenadensis Ameghino (1888)
Synonyms
Promacrauchenia ensenadense Ameghino 1888

Classification

Cladogram showing the taxonomic relationships of Macraucheniopsis:^[3]

	Proadiantus Tricoelodus Polymorphis Pternoconius Coniopternium Cramauchenia Theosodon Macraucheniinae Scalabrinitherium Oxyodontherium Huayqueriana Paranauchenia denticulata Paranauchenia hystatus Cullinia Promacrauchenia Windhausenia Xenorhinotherium Macraucheniopsis Macrauchenia