Parapropalaehoplophorus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Cingulata |
| Family: | Chlamyphoridae |
| Subfamily: | †Glyptodontinae |
| Genus: | †Parapropalaehoplophorus |
| Species: | †P. septentrionalis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Parapropalaehoplophorus septentrionalis Croft, Flynn & Wyss, 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 the , an area now dominated by the Andes mountain range, some 18 million years ago.[1][2] Fossils of the glyptodont also have been found in Peru ( and Pebas Formations).[3]
References[]
- ^ Giant Armadillo Relative Found Archived 2007-12-13 at the Wayback Machine Discovery News
- ^ Primitive Early Relative Of Armadillos Helps Rewrite Evolutionary Family Tree ScienceDaily.com
- ^ Parapropalaehoplophorus septentrionalis at Fossilworks.org
External links[]
- Artist's reconstruction of P. septentrionalis at LiveScience.com
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- Prehistoric placental genera
- Prehistoric cingulates
- Miocene xenarthrans
- Miocene mammals of South America
- Laventan
- Colloncuran
- Friasian
- Santacrucian
- Neogene Chile
- Fossils of Chile
- Neogene Peru
- Fossils of Peru
- Fossil taxa described in 2007
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