Propalaehoplophorus

Propalaehoplophorus; Temporal range: Early Miocene (Santacrucian-Friasian); ~17.5–15.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	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;
Synonyms
	Propalaeohoplophorus;

Propalaehoplophorus, also written as Propalaeohoplophorus, is an extinct genus of glyptodont, which lived in South America during the Early Miocene epoch.^[1]

Distribution

Fossils of Propalaehoplophorus have been found in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina, the Honda Group and Nazareno Formation of Bolivia and the Río Frías Formation of Chile.^[2]

Gallery

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

^ 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.
^ Propalaehoplophorus at Fossilworks.org

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[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.

[FWPropalaehoplophorus-2] Propalaehoplophorus at Fossilworks.org

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