Hoplophorus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Cingulata |
| Family: | Chlamyphoridae |
| Subfamily: | †Glyptodontinae |
| Genus: | †Hoplophorus Lund, 1838 |
| Species: | †H. euphractus
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| †Hoplophorus euphractus Lund, 1838
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Hoplophorus was an extinct genus of glyptodont, a subfamily of armadillos . The only known species was H. euphractus, found in Pleistocene deposits in Piauí,[1] and Minas Gerais, in Brazil.[2] It is currently regarded as a nomen dubium due to being a possible synonym of Glyptodon euphractus.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Glyptodon euphractus in the Paleobiology Database.org
- ^ Porpino, Kleberson de O.; Fernicola, Juan C.; Bergqvist, Lílian P. (2010-05-18). "Revisiting the intertropical Brazilian species Hoplophorus euphractus (Cingulata, Glyptodontoidea) and the phylogenetic affinities of Hoplophorus". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (3): 911–927. doi:10.1080/02724631003765735. ISSN 0272-4634.
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- Prehistoric placental genera
- Pleistocene xenarthrans
- Pleistocene mammals of South America
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