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Cramaucheniinae
Temporal range: Middle Eocene- Middle Miocene ( Mustersan- Mayoan)
~48–11.8  Ma
Skull of Cramauchenia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Litopterna
Superfamily: Macrauchenioidea
Family: Macraucheniidae
Subfamily: Cramaucheniinae
Ameghino, 1902
Genera

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]

References

  1. ^ Andrew J. McGrath; Federico Anaya; Darin A. Croft (2018). "Two new macraucheniids (Mammalia: Litopterna) from the late middle Miocene (Laventan South American Land Mammal Age) of Quebrada Honda, Bolivia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 38 (3): e1461632. doi: 10.1080/02724634.2018.1461632. S2CID  89881990.
  2. ^ Schmidt, Gabriela I.; Ferrero, Brenda S. (September 2014). "Taxonomic Reinterpretation of Theosodon hystatus Cabrera and Kraglievich, 1931 (Litopterna, Macraucheniidae) and Phylogenetic Relationships of the Family". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 34 (5): 1231–1238. doi: 10.1080/02724634.2014.837393. hdl: 11336/18953. S2CID  86091386.