Clypeotherium magnum Scillato-Yané 1977 (edentate)

Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptatelidae

Full reference: G. J. Scillato-Yané. 1977. Sur quelques Glyptodontidae nouveaux (Mammalia, Edentata) du Déséadien (Oligocène inférieur) de Patagonie (Argentine). Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle 487:249-258

Belongs to Clypeotherium according to G. J. Scillato-Yané 1977

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MLP 61-IV-11-76, an osteoderm (35 associated scutes). Its type locality is El Pajarito, which is in a Deseadan terrestrial horizon in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at El Pajarito

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