Neosclerocalyptus pseudornatus Ameghino 1889 (edentate)

Mammalia - Cingulata - Panochthidae

Alternative combination: Hoplophorus pseudornatus

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1889. Contribución al conocimiento de los mamíferos fósiles de la República Argentina [Contribution to the knowledge of the fossil mammals of the Argentine Republic]. Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina en Córdoba 6:xxxii-1027

Belongs to Neosclerocalyptus according to E. Soibelzon et al. 2010

See also Zurita et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Neosclerocalyptus castellanosi, Neosclerocalyptus gouldi, Neosclerocalyptus heusseri, Neosclerocalyptus ornatus, Neosclerocalyptus paskoensis, Sclerocalyptus undans, Sclerocalyptus matthewi, Sclerocalyptus ornatus, Sclerocalyptus lineatus, Sclerocalyptus chapalmalensis, Sclerocalyptus verus

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Quaternary of Argentina)

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