Huayqueriana Kraglievich, 1934

Forasiepi, Analía M., MacPhee, Ross D. E., Del Pino, Santiago Hernández, Schmidt, Gabriela I., Amson, Eli & Grohé, Camille, 2016, Exceptional Skull Of Huayqueriana (Mammalia, Litopterna, Macraucheniidae) From The Late Miocene Of Argentina: Anatomy, Systematics, And Paleobiological Implications, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2016 (404), pp. 1-77 : 9

Huayqueriana Kraglievich, 1934

Huayqueriana Kraglievich, 1934: 117 (as subgenus of Promacrauchenia ).

Huayqueria Riggs and Patterson, 1939: 157 (lapsus calami).

Macrauchenidia Cabrera, 1939: 167

TYPE SPECIES: Promacrauchenia ? cristata Rov-

ereto, 1914.

Huayqueriana cristata (Rovereto, 1914)

Promacrauchenia ? cristata Rovereto, 1914: 212– 213 ; pl. 29, figs. 4, 4a .

Promacrauchenia (Huayqueriana) cristata Kraglievich, 1934: 117 .

Huayqueria [sic] cristata Riggs and Patterson, 1939: 157 .

Macrauchenidia latidens Cabrera, 1939: 167 : 33 –34, fig. 24 ; Pascual, 1966, pl. 71, figs. D and E.

Huayqueriana cristata Soria, 1986: 158 .

HOLOTYPE: MACN-PV 8463 ( fig. 2 ), fragmentary skull and associated dentaries.

Figures

FIG. 4. Skull of Huayqueriana cf. H. cristata IANIGLA-PV 29 in A, right lateral, B, dorsal, and C, ventral views, with measurements (see table 2).

FIG. 24. Palate of Huayqueriana cf. H. cristata IANIGLA-PV 29, with detail of dentition in occlusal view. Abbreviations: C, canine (alveolus); ef, enamel fossette; I, incisor (alveolus); M, molar; met, metastyle; mev, metacone valley; mst, mesostyle; P, premolar; pat, parastyle; pav, paracone valley.

FIG. 2. Holotype of Huayqueriana cristata MACN-PV 8463 referred to Huayquerías Formation (Late Miocene, Huayquerian SALMA). A, right lateral and B, ventral views of snout; C, portion of braincase in left lateral view. Abbreviations: ch, choana; gpf, greater (= major) palatine foramen; gr, occipital groove; iof, infraorbital foramen; itc, infratemporal crest; M, molar; ncr, nuchal crest; rf, foramina for rami temporales; scr, sagittal crest; tl, temporal line.