Propalaehoplophorus

Propalaehoplophorus
Temporal range: Miocene
Propalaeohoplophorus minor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Superorder: Xenarthra
Order: Cingulata
Family: Chlamyphoridae
Subfamily: Glyptodontinae
Genus: Propalaehoplophorus
Ameghino, 1887
Species
  • P. australis
  • P. minor

Propalaehoplophorus is an extinct genus of glyptodont, which lived in Bolivia during the Miocene epoch.[1]

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

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.
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