Glyptodon Owen 1839 (glyptodon)

Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae

Synonyms: Chlamydotherium Bronn 1838, Glyptocoileus Castellanos 1952, Glyptopedius Castellanos 1953, Heteroglyptodon Roselli 1976, Lepitherium Saint-Hillaire 1839, Neothoracophorus Ameghino 1889, Orycterotherium Bronn 1838, Pachypus D'Alton 1839, Schistopleurum Nodot 1857, Thoracophorus Gervais and Ameghino 1880

Parent taxon: Glyptodontinae according to A. E. Zurita et al. 2018

See also Ameghino 1889, Ameghino 1902, Brown 1912, Carroll 1988, Cartelle and Bohorquez 1984, Cope 1889, Fernicola 2008, Hay 1902, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Lydekker 1894, Marshall and Sempere 1991, McKenna and Bell 1997, Rincón et al. 2008, Rovereto 1914, Salles et al. 2006, Soibelzon et al. 2010, Zurita et al. 2004, Zurita et al. 2009 and Zurita et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Boreostemma, Doedicurini, Glyptotheriini, Glyptotherium, Paraglyptodon

Subtaxa: Glyptodon chapalmalensis Glyptodon clavipes Glyptodon depressus Glyptodon elongatus Glyptodon euphractus Glyptodon falkneri Glyptodon fiorinii Glyptodon jatunkhirkhi Glyptodon minor Glyptodon munizi Glyptodon petaliferus Glyptodon reticulatus Glyptodon rivapacis Glyptodon rudis Neothoracophorus elevatus

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Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (70 collections), Bolivia (19), Brazil (13), Colombia (1), Paraguay (2), Peru (2), United States (2: Texas), Uruguay (13), Venezuela (3)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Uruguay (1), Venezuela (1)

• Pliocene of Argentina (3)

• Miocene of United States (1: Texas)

• Neogene of Argentina (2)

Total: 133 collections including 155 occurrences

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