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Neosclerocalyptus

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Neosclerocalyptus
Temporal range: Pleistocene
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Neosclerocalyptus

Couto, 1957

Neosclerocalyptus was an extinct genus of glyptodont that lived during the Pleistocene.[1]

Species

The species known for this genus are:[2]

  • Neosclerocalyptus castellanosi[3] Zurita et al., 2013
  • Neosclerocalyptus gouldi Zurita et al., 2008
  • Neosclerocalyptus heusseri (Ameghino, 1889)
  • Neosclerocalyptus ornatus (Owen, 1845) (type species)
  • Neosclerocalyptus paskoensis Zurita, 2002
  • Neosclerocalyptus pseudornatus (Ameghino, 1889)

References

  1. ^ Zurita, A. E.; Scarano, A. C.; Carlini, A. A.; Scillato-Yané, G. J.; Soibelzon, E. (2011). "Neosclerocalyptus spp. (Cingulata: Glyptodontidae: Hoplophorini): Cranial morphology and palaeoenvironments along the changing Quaternary". Journal of Natural History. 45 (15–16): 893. doi:10.1080/00222933.2010.536917.
  2. ^ A. E. Zurita, A. A. Carlini, and G. J. Scillato-Yané. 2009. Paleobiogeography, biostratigraphy and systematics of the Hoplophorini (Xenarthra, Glyptodontoidea, Hoplophorinae) from the Ensenadan Stage (early Pleistocene to early-middle Pleistocene). Quaternary International 210:82-92.
  3. ^ Alfredo E. Zurita, Matias Taglioretti, Martin Zamorano, Gustavo J. Scillato-Yané, Carlos Luna, Daniel Boh & Mariano Magnussen Saffer. 2013. A new species of Neosclerocalyptus Paula Couto (Mammalia: Xenarthra: Cingulata): the oldest record of the genus and morphological and phylogenetic aspects. Zootaxa 3721 (4): 387–398.