Cullinia fossil map
Where fossils of Cullinia have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 5 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 5 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
| Group | Early mammals |
|---|---|
| Lived | 11.63–5 million years ago (Tortonian to Zanclean) |
| Periods | Neogene |
| Family | Macraucheniidae |
| Named by | Cabrera and Kraglievich 1931 |
| Fossil records | 8 occurrences at 4 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | Argentina, Brazil |
| Rock formations | Solimoes, Ituzaingo, Epecuén, Arroyo Chasicó |
About Cullinia
Cullinia is an extinct genus of litoptern, an order of South American native ungulates that included horse-like and camel-like animals such as Macrauchenia. It is only known from fragmentary remains. Cullinia levis is known from Chasicoan remains found in the Arroyo Chasicó Formation of Argentina, and remains from the Brazilian state of Acre and the Huayquerian Ituzaingó Formation have been assigned to Cullinia sp..
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Cullinia (revision 1314085728), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q110639950.
