Pseudostegotherium glangeaudi Ameghino 1902 (armadillo)

Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1902. Première contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique des couches à Colpodon [First contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Colopdon Beds]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 17:71-141

Belongs to Pseudostegotherium according to G. G. Simpson 1948

See also Ameghino 1902

Sister taxon: Pseudostegotherium chubutanum

Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore

Distribution: found only at Gran Barranca - southern cliff of lake Colhué Huapí (Miocene of Argentina)

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