Parapropalaehoplophorus
Parapropalaehoplophorus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Cingulata |
Family: | Chlamyphoridae |
Subfamily: | †Glyptodontinae |
Genus: | †Parapropalaehoplophorus |
Species: | †P. septentrionalis
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Binomial name | |
†Parapropalaehoplophorus septentrionalis Darin Croft et al., 2007
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Parapropalaehoplophorus septentrionalis was a comparatively small (compared to Glyptodon) species of glyptodont, extinct relatives of the modern armadillo. The mammal, identified in 2007 from the fossilized remains of a specimen found in 2004, weighed approximately 200 pounds and had a shell covered by tiny circular bumps. It lumbered around northern Chile in the Chucal Formation, an area now dominated by the Andes mountain range, some 18 million years ago.[1][2] Fossils of the glyptodont also have been found in Peru (Ipururo and Pebas Formations).[3]
References
- ^ Giant Armadillo Relative Found Archived 2007-12-13 at the Wayback Machine Discovery News
- ^ Primitive Early Relative Of Armadillos Helps Rewrite Evolutionary Family Tree ScienceDaily.com
- ^ Parapropalaehoplophorus septentrionalis at Fossilworks.org
External links
- Artist's reconstruction of P. septentrionalis at LiveScience.com