Xenorhinotherium
Xenorhinotherium is an extinct genus of macraucheniine macraucheniids, closely related to Macrauchenia of Patagonia. The type species is X. bahiense.
| Xenorhinotherium | |
|---|---|
| Mounted skeleton of X. bahiense | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Litopterna |
| Family: | †Macraucheniidae |
| Subfamily: | †Macraucheniinae |
| Genus: | †Xenorhinotherium Cartelle & Lessa, 1988 |
| Species: | †X. bahiense |
| Binomial name | |
| †Xenorhinotherium bahiense Cartelle & Lessa, 1988 | |
| Map showing the distribution of Macrauchenia in red, and Xenorhinotherium in yellow, inferred from fossil finds | |
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