Hoplophorus

Hoplophorus; Temporal range: Late Pleistocene (Ensenadan-Lujanian); ~0.126–0.011 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
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Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Superorder:	Xenarthra
Order:	Cingulata
Family:	Chlamyphoridae
Subfamily:	†Glyptodontinae
Genus:	†Hoplophorus
Binomial name
	Hoplophorus euphractus; Lund 1838

Hoplophorus was an extinct genus of glyptodont, a family of mammals related to armadillo. The only known species was H. euphractus, found in Pleistocene deposits in Piauí,^[1] and Minas Gerais, in Brazil.^[2]

Nomen dubium

The species is possibly synonymous with Glyptodon euphractus.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Glyptodon euphractus in the Paleobiology Database.org
^ Kleberson de O. Porpinoa, Juan C. Fernicola & Lílian P. Bergqvist. Revisiting the intertropical Brazilian species Hoplophorus euphractus (Cingulata, Glyptodontoidea) and the phylogenetic affinities of Hoplophorus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Volume 30, Issue 3, 2010. pages 911-927.

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