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Hoplophorus

Mammalia - Cingulata - Panochthidae

Taxonomy
Hoplophorus was named by Lund (1838).

It was synonymized subjectively with Glyptodon by Ameghino (1889); it was synonymized subjectively with Sclerocalyptus by Brown (1912).

It was assigned to Glyptodontidae by Cope (1889) and Carroll (1988); to Hoplophorini by Hoffstetter (1958) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Panochthidae by Fernicola (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Hoplophorus Lund p. 11
1889Hoplophorus Cope p. 663
1958Hoplophorus Hoffstetter
1988Hoplophorus Carroll
1997Hoplophorus McKenna and Bell p. 87
2008Hoplophorus Fernicola

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
orderCingulata()
suborderGlyptodontia()
superfamilyGlyptodontoideaGray 1869
familyPanochthidaeCastellanos 1927
genusHoplophorusLund 1838

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Hoplophorus Lund 1838
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†Hoplophorus australis Moreno 1882
†Hoplophorus bergi Ameghino 1889
†Hoplophorus clarazianus Ameghino 1889
†Hoplophorus evidens Ameghino 1889
†Hoplophorus lydekkeri Ameghino 1889
†Hoplophorus migoyianus Ameghino 1889
†Hoplophorus verus Ameghino 1889
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:20:40
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:20:40
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Huayquerian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 8.00000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (La Pampa) H. sp. (87198 151498 152061 204361)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Entre Rios) H. verus (55600)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Argentina (Córdoba) H. sp. (211573)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Venezuela (Monagas) H. sp. (144977)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Bolivia (Tarija ) H. echazui (70673)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Brazil (Sao Paulo) H. sp. (147609)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Tucuman) H. sp. (216687)