Alternative spelling: Palaeohoplophorus
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1883. Sobre una nueva colección de mamíferos fósiles recogidos por el Profesor Scalabrini en Las Barrancas del Paraña [On a collection of fossil mammals collected by Professor Scalabrini in Las Barrancas of Paraña]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias 5(3):55-104
Parent taxon: Palaehoplophorini according to J. C. Fernicola 2008
See also Ameghino 1885, Ameghino 1889, Brown 1912, Carroll 1988, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Rovereto 1914
Sister taxa: Aspidocalyptus, Chlamyphractus, Palaehoplophoroides, Protoglyptodon
Subtaxa: Palaehoplophorus antiquus Palaehoplophorus chapalmalensis Palaehoplophorus meridionalis Palaehoplophorus pressulus Palaeohoplophorus scalabrinii
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Huayquerian of Argentina (1 collection)
• Miocene of Argentina (2), Chile (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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