Trachycalyptoides Saint-André 1996 (edentate)

Mammalia - Cingulata

Full reference: P.-A. Saint-André. 1996. Deux nouveaux édentés (Mammalia, Xenarthra) Trachycalyptoides achirense nov gen et nov sp (Glyptodontidae, Sclerocalyptinae) et Xyophorus villarroeli nov sp (Megatheriidae, Nothrotheriinae) du Huayquérien (Miocène supérieur) de l'Altiplano bolivien. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Section C: Sciences de la Terre: Paleontologie, Geologie, Mineralogie 4(18):79-106

Parent taxon: Lomaphorini according to J. C. Fernicola 2008

See also McKenna and Bell 1997 and Saint-André 1996

Sister taxa: Lomaphorops, Lomaphorus, Peiranoa

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Achiri (Miocene of Bolivia)

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