Tag: Great American Interchange
Litoptern: Strange Extinct Mammal of Prehistoric South America
Scientific Name: Macrauchenia patachonia
Scientific Classification:
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Litopterna
Family: Macraucheniidae
When did it become extinct?
This species of litoptern disappeared approximately 10,000...
The Great American Interchange
Extinction Insight: The Great American Interchange
After their discovery by Europeans in 1492, North America and South America became collectively known as the Americas, or...