Leptauchenia
| Leptauchenia | |
|---|---|
| Leptauchenia decora skull | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | †Merycoidodontidae |
| Tribe: | †Leptaucheniini |
| Genus: | †Leptauchenia Leidy, 1856 |
| Type species | |
| †Leptauchenia decora Leidy, 1856 | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Leptauchenia is an extinct goat-like genus of terrestrial herbivore belonging to the oreodont family Merycoidodontidae, and the type genus of the tribe Leptaucheniini. The genus was endemic to North America during the Late Oligocene to Early Miocene (33.9—16.3 mya) and lived for approximately 17.6 million years.