Propalaehoplophorus

Propalaehoplophorus, also written as Propalaeohoplophorus, is an extinct genus of glyptodont, which lived in South America during the Early Miocene epoch.[1]

Propalaehoplophorus
Temporal range: Early Miocene (Santacrucian-Friasian)
~17.5–15.5 Ma
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Propalaeohoplophorus minus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cingulata
Family: Chlamyphoridae
Subfamily: †Glyptodontinae
Genus: †Propalaehoplophorus
Ameghino 1887
Species
  • P. australis Ameghino 1887
  • P. minus Ameghino 1891
Synonyms
  • Propalaeohoplophorus

Distribution

Fossils of Propalaehoplophorus have been found in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina, the Honda Group and Nazareno Formation of Bolivia and the Río Frías Formation of Chile.[2]

  • Restorations of Hapalops longiceps and Propalaeohoplophorus australis
  • Detail of a P. australis scute, early Miocene, in the permanent collection of The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
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gollark: https://dragcave.net/lineage/8TOgZSlightly coded code from codes from the AP somehow.
gollark: `Sphere of Influence`
gollark: It makes `SoI` now, which... is an acronym, at least?

References
  1. Vizcaíno, S. F.; Blanco, R. E.; Bender, J. B. N.; Milne, N. (2011). "Proportions and function of the limbs of glyptodonts". Lethaia. 44: 93. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.2010.00228.x.
  2. Propalaehoplophorus at Fossilworks.org


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