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Phoenixauchenia

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Phoenixauchenia
Temporal range: Miocene (Friasian)
~16.3–15.5 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Litopterna
Family: Macraucheniidae
Genus: Phoenixauchenia
Ameghino 1904
Species:
P. tehuelcha
Binomial name
Phoenixauchenia tehuelcha
Ameghino 1904

Phoenixauchenia is an extinct genus of mammal, belonging to the family Macraucheniidae and the order Litopterna. It lived in Chile during the Miocene.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires, tom XXV (1914).