Parapropalaehoplophorus
| Parapropalaehoplophorus Temporal range: Early Miocene
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| Genus: | Parapropalaehoplophorus
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| Species: | P. septentrionalis
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| Parapropalaehoplophorus septentrionalis Darin Croft et al., 2007
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Parapropalaehoplophorus septentrionalis was a comparatively small (compared to Glyptodon) species of glyptodont, extinct relatives of the modern armadillo. The mammal, identified in 2007 from the fossilized remains of a specimen found in 2004, weighed approximately 200 pounds and had a shell covered by tiny circular bumps. It lumbered around northern Chile in an area now dominated by the Andes mountain range, some 18 million years ago.[1][2]
References
- ^ Giant Armadillo Relative Found Discovery News
- ^ Primitive Early Relative Of Armadillos Helps Rewrite Evolutionary Family Tree ScienceDaily.com
External links
- Artist's reconstruction of P. septentrionalis at LiveScience.com
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