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Glyptotherium cylindricum

Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae

Taxonomy
Brachyostracon cylindricus was named by Brown (1912). Its type specimen is AMNH 15548, a partial skeleton (complete carapace, cephalic plates, atlas, hyoids, several ribs, a chevron and 20 separate teeth), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Glyptotherium cylindricum by Gillette and Ray (1981), McDonald and Naples (2007) and Mead et al. (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Glyptodon mexicano Cuataparo and Ramirez
1912Brachyostracon mexicanus Brown
1912Brachyostracon cylindricus Brown p. 169 figs. 1-4
1929Boreostracon floridanus Simpson
1979Glyptotherium floridanum Marshall et al.
1979Glyptotherium mexicanum Marshall et al.
1980Glyptotherium floridanum Kurten and Anderson p. 135
1980Glyptotherium mexicanum Kurten and Anderson p. 135
1981Glyptotherium cylindricum Gillette and Ray
1981Glyptotherium floridanum Gillette and Ray
1981Glyptotherium mexicanum Gillette and Ray
1987Glyptotherium mexicanum Carranza-Castaneda and Miller p. 337
2007Glyptotherium cylindricum McDonald and Naples p. 152
2007Glyptotherium floridanum McDonald and Naples p. 152
2007Glyptotherium mexicanum McDonald and Naples p. 152
2007Glyptotherium cylindricum Mead et al. p. 442
2019Glyptotherium floridanum Albright et al. p. 156

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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()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Americatheria
Xenarthra()
orderCingulata()
suborderGlyptodontia()
superfamilyGlyptodontoideaGray 1869
familyGlyptodontidaeBurmeister 1879
subfamilyGlyptodontinaeGray 1869
genusGlyptotheriumOsborn 1903
speciescylindricum()

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.

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Invalid names: Glyptotherium floridanum Simpson 1929 [synonym], Glyptotherium mexicanum Cuataparo and Ramirez 1875 [synonym]
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: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 1.80000 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Mexico (Jalisco) Glyptotherium cylindricum (189787)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Mexico) Glyptotherium mexicanum (71319)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Ceará) Glyptotherium cylindricum (230756)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Louisiana) Glyptotherium floridanum (124936)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Glyptotherium floridanum (227368)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Glyptotherium floridanum (65405)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Paraíba) Glyptotherium cylindricum (230460)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Yucatan) Glyptotherium floridanum (230752)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3Mexico (Aguascalientes) Brachyostracon mexicanus (20283)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Glyptotherium floridanum (20520)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012Mexico (Chiapas) Glyptotherium cylindricum (226041)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012Mexico (Hidalgo) Glyptotherium floridanum (113408 113409 113410)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012Mexico (Sonora) Glyptotherium sp. (20495)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012Mexico (Tlaxcala) Glyptotherium floridanum (226032)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012Mexico (Puebla) Glyptotherium cylindricum (230717)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (South Carolina) Glyptotherium floridanum (79757)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Glyptotherium floridanum (79763)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Honduras (Copan) Glyptotherium floridanum (230462)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Glyptotherium floridanum (230753)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Venezuela Glyptodon clavipes (71350)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Boreostracon floridanus (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Glyptotherium cylindricum (85156 85159)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Boreostracon floridanus (74292) Glyptotherium floridanum (154804)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Honduras Glyptotherium floridanum (230463)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Mexico (Mexico) Glyptotherium mexicanum (71320)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Venezuela (Falcon) Glyptodon sp. (71283 71284) Glyptotherium cylindricum (114475 114477)