Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptatelidae
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1897. Mammiféres crétacés de l’Argentine (Deuxième contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique de couches à Pyrotherium) [Cretaceous mammals of Argentina (second contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Pyrotherium Beds)]. Boletin Instituto Geografico Argentino 18(4–9):406-521
Parent taxon: Glyptatelidae according to J. C. Fernicola 2008
See also Ameghino 1897, Carroll 1988, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Simpson 1948
Sister taxa: Clypeotherium, Lomaphorelus
Subtaxa: Glyptatelus fractus Glyptatelus malaspinensis Glyptatelus tatusinus
Type: Glyptatelus tatusinus
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Deseadan of Bolivia (3 collections)
• Oligocene of Argentina (1)
• Eocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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