Lomaphorus

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Lomaphorus
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene (Lujanian)
~0.1 Ma
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Lomaphorus tail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Superorder:
Xenarthra
Order:
Cingulata
Family:
Chlamyphoridae
Subfamily:
†Glyptodontinae
Genus:
†Lomaphorus

Lomaphorus is an extinct genus of glyptodont that lived during the Pleistocene in eastern Argentina.[1] Fossils of the genus were found in the Lagunilla del Plata Formation.[2]

References

  1. ^ Zurita, A. E.; Carlini, A. A.; Scillato-Yané, G. J. (2009). "Paleobiogeography, biostratigraphy and systematics of the Hoplophorini (Xenarthra, Glyptodontoidea, Hoplophorinae) from the Ensenadan Stage (early Pleistocene to early-middle Pleistocene)". Quaternary International. 210: 82. Bibcode:2009QuInt.210...82Z. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2009.06.029.
  2. ^ Lomaphorus at Fossilworks.org

Further reading

  • C. A. Luna and M. C. Prieto. 2013. Los fósiles de la Formación Lagunilla del Plata (Pleistoceno tardio) Provincia de Córdoba, Argentina. Ameghiniana 50(6):57-57
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