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Propalaehoplophorus

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Propalaehoplophorus
Temporal range: Early Miocene (Santacrucian-Friasian)
~17.5–15.5 Ma
Propalaeohoplophorus minus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cingulata
Family: Chlamyphoridae
Subfamily: Glyptodontinae
Genus: Propalaehoplophorus
Ameghino 1887
Species
  • P. australis Ameghino 1887
  • P. minus Ameghino 1891
Synonyms
  • Propalaeohoplophorus

Propalaehoplophorus, also written as Propalaeohoplophorus, is an extinct genus of glyptodont, which lived in South America during the Early Miocene epoch.[1]

Distribution

Fossils of Propalaehoplophorus have been found in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina, the Honda Group and Nazareno Formation of Bolivia and the Río Frías Formation of Chile.[2]

References

  1. ^ Vizcaíno, S. F.; Blanco, R. E.; Bender, J. B. N.; Milne, N. (2011). "Proportions and function of the limbs of glyptodonts". Lethaia. 44: 93. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.2010.00228.x.
  2. ^ Propalaehoplophorus at Fossilworks.org