Cramaucheniinae | |
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Skull of Cramauchenia | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | † Litopterna |
Superfamily: | † Macrauchenioidea |
Family: | † Macraucheniidae |
Subfamily: | †
Cramaucheniinae Ameghino, 1902 |
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Cramaucheniinae is a paraphyletic subfamily of macraucheniids that originated in the middle Eocene ( Mustersan SALMA). The size range of the group ranged from small, basal forms to larger and more derived forms. During their evolution, the cramaucheniines undergone a trend from evolving from small basal forms such as Polymorphis into larger, more derived taxa such as Theosodon. [1] [2]