Sclerocalyptus

Sclerocalyptus; Temporal range: Pleistocene (Ensenadan-Lujanian)
	S. perfectus tail armour
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Cingulata
Family:	Chlamyphoridae
Subfamily:	†Glyptodontinae
Genus:	†Sclerocalyptus; Owen 1845
Species
	†S. cordubensis; †S. evidens; †S. heusseri; †S. perfectus; †S. pseudornatus;

Sclerocalyptus was a glyptodont that lived during the Pleistocene (Ensenadan to Lujanian) in Argentina. Four species are described from the Ensenadan, S. pseudornatus, S. ornatus, S. perfectus and S. cordubensis, and two Lujanian taxa S. heusseri and S. evidens.^[1]

References

^ Zurita, A.; Scillato-Yané, G. J.; Carlini, A. A. (2005). "Paleozoogeographic, biostratigraphic, and systematic aspects of the genus Sclerocalyptus (Xenarthra, Glyptodontidae) of Argentina". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 20 (1–2): 121–129. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2005.06.013.

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[1] Zurita, A.; Scillato-Yané, G. J.; Carlini, A. A. (2005). "Paleozoogeographic, biostratigraphic, and systematic aspects of the genus Sclerocalyptus (Xenarthra, Glyptodontidae) of Argentina". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 20 (1–2): 121–129. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2005.06.013.

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