Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Parent taxon: Plohophorini according to J. C. Fernicola 2008
See also Ameghino 1889, Lydekker 1894, MacFadden et al. 1993, Marshall and Sempere 1991, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Rovereto 1914
Sister taxon: Cranithlastus
Subtaxa: Plohophorus araucanus Plohophorus australis Plohophorus barrancalobensis Plohophorus coronatus Plohophorus cuneiformis Plohophorus figuratus Plohophorus orientalis Plohophorus paranensis Plohophorus sygmaturus Plohophorus yrigoyeni
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Argentina (12 collections), Bolivia (1)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (3)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Brazil (1), Uruguay (1)
Total: 19 collections including 21 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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