Sclerocalyptus verus Ameghino 1889 (edentate)

Mammalia - Cingulata - Panochthidae

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 Sclerocalyptus according to F. Ameghino 1889

See also Lydekker 1894 and Scillato-Yané et al. 2013

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

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Sclerocalyptus verus in the database

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