An extinct genus of mammals belonging to the armadillo order of xenarthrans
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Palaehoplophorus
Temporal range: Middle-Late Miocene ~16–7 Ma
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Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Cingulata
Family:
Chlamyphoridae
Subfamily:
†Glyptodontinae
Genus:
†Palaehoplophorus Ameghino, 1883
Type species
†Palaehoplophorus antiquus
Ameghino 1883
Species
P. antiquusAmeghino 1883
P. meridionalisAmeghino 1904
P. pressulusAmeghino 1885
P. scalabriniiAmeghino 1883
Palaehoplophorus (also spelled, historically, Palaeohoplophorus) is an extinct genus of glyptodont. It lived from the Middle to the Late Miocene, and its fossilized remains were discovered in South America.
Palaehoplophorus (also spelled, historically, Palaeohoplophorus) is an extinct genus of glyptodont. It lived from the Middle to the Late Miocene, and its...
found within the same formation). This name is itself derived from Palaehoplophorus, which in turn is derived from Hoplophorus. In each case, a newly discovered...
tentatively assignated by Victor H. Contreras and Juan A. Baraldo to Palaehoplophorus and Hoplophractus, the latter being now considered to be a junior synonym...
Species U. interundatum Ameghino, 1885 U. simile Castellanos, 1948 U. simplex Castellanos, 1926 Synonyms Palaehoplophorus chapalmalensis Ameghino, 1908...
the eponymous genus of this group and draws its name from the genus Palaehoplophorus, which in turn derives from Hoplophorus, another genus of glyptodont...
Paula Couto 1957 Tribe †Palaehoplophorini Hoffstetter 1958 Genus †Palaehoplophorus Ameghino 1883 Genus †Aspidocalyptus Cabrera 1939 Genus †Chlamyphractus...
Proterotherium and Scalabrinitherium. Large, armored glyptodonts like Palaehoplophorus, Eleutherocercus, and Plohophorus lived in the area as well as other...
Proterotherium and Scalabrinitherium. Large, armored glyptodonts like Palaehoplophorus, Eleutherocercus, and Plohophorus lived in the area as well as other...
glyptodonts ; Protoglyptodon was closely related to the better known genus Palaehoplophorus. F. Ameghino. 1885. Nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles Oligocenos recogidos...
believed that Hoplophorus was a descendant of Propalaehoplophorus, Palaehoplophorus, and Plohophorus based on the transition of the osteoderms from large...
Promacrauchenia, and Proterotherium. Large, armored glyptodonts like Palaehoplophorus, Eleutherocercus, and Plohophorus lived in the area as well as other...
Hoplophorus but may also include other genera like Lomaphorus and Palaehoplophorus, though these genera may be dubious. The classification of Neosclerocalyptus...
Proterotherium and Scalabrinitherium. Large, armored glyptodonts like Palaehoplophorus, Eleutherocercus, and Plohophorus lived in the area as well as other...
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