Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Full reference: A. A. Carlini, A. E. Zurita, G. J. Scillato-Yane, R. Sanchez, and O. A. Aguilera. 2008. New Glyptodont from the Codore Formation (Pliocene), Falcon State, Venezuela, its relationship with the Asterostemma problem, and the paleobiogeography of the Glyptodontinae. Palaontologische Zeitschrift 82(2):139-152
Belongs to Boreostemma according to A. A. Carlini et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Boreostemma acostae, Boreostemma gigantea, Boreostemma venezolensis
Type specimen: no number listed, an osteoderm (30 osteoderms palate fragment with M6-7 alveoli). Its type locality is Road to Tio Gregorio Locality, which is in a Messinian/Zanclean fluvial-deltaic sandstone in the Codore Formation of Venezuela.
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution: found only at Road to Tio Gregorio Locality
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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