Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Full reference: M. Zamorano and G. J. Scillato-Yané. 2011. Nueva y Más Reciente Especie de Plohophorus Ameghino (Xenarthra, Glyptodontidae) del Marplatense Inferior (Barrancalobense, Plioceno Tardío), de Barranca de los Lobos (Provincia de Buenos Aires). Ameghiniana 48(3):399-404
Belongs to Plohophorus according to M. Zamorano and G. J. Scillato-Yané 2011
Sister taxa: Plohophorus araucanus, Plohophorus australis, Plohophorus coronatus, Plohophorus cuneiformis, Plohophorus figuratus, Plohophorus orientalis, Plohophorus paranensis, Plohophorus sygmaturus, Plohophorus yrigoyeni
Type specimen: MLP 09-I-10-1. Its type locality is Barranca de los Lobos, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial siltstone in the Barranca de los Lobos Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution: found only at Barranca de los Lobos
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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