Sclerocalyptus
Sclerocalyptus | |
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S. perfectus tail armour | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Cingulata |
Family: | Chlamyphoridae |
Subfamily: | †Glyptodontinae |
Genus: | †Sclerocalyptus Owen 1845 |
Species | |
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Sclerocalyptus was a glyptodont that lived during the Pleistocene (Ensenadan to Lujanian) in Argentina. Four species are described from the Ensenadan, S. pseudornatus, S. ornatus, S. perfectus and S. cordubensis, and two Lujanian taxa S. heusseri and S. evidens.[1]
References[]
- ^ Zurita, A.; Scillato-Yané, G. J.; Carlini, A. A. (2005). "Paleozoogeographic, biostratigraphic, and systematic aspects of the genus Sclerocalyptus (Xenarthra, Glyptodontidae) of Argentina". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 20 (1–2): 121–129. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2005.06.013.
Categories:
- Prehistoric cingulates
- Pleistocene xenarthrans
- Prehistoric placental genera
- Pleistocene mammals of South America
- Ensenadan
- Lujanian
- Pleistocene Argentina
- Fossils of Argentina
- Fossil taxa described in 1845
- Taxa named by Richard Owen
- Prehistoric mammal stubs