Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Synonyms: Boreostracon Simpson 1929, Brachyostracon Brown 1912, Xenoglyptodon Meade 1953
Full reference: H. F. Osborn. 1903. Glyptotherium texanum, a new glyptodont, from the lower Pleistocene of Texas. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 19(17):491-494
Parent taxon: Glyptodontinae according to F. Cuadrelli et al. 2023
See also Albright et al. 2019, Brown 1912, Carroll 1988, Cisneros 2005, Downing and White 1995, Fernicola 2008, Gillette and Ray 1981, Hay 1930, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Marshall et al. 1979, McDonald and Naples 2007, McKenna and Bell 1997, Mead et al. 2007, Osborn 1903 and Zurita et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Boreostemma, Doedicurini, Glyptodon, Glyptotheriini, Paraglyptodon
Subtaxa: Glyptotherium cylindricum Glyptotherium texanum
Type: Glyptotherium texanum
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (14 collections), Costa Rica (2), El Salvador (1), Guatemala (9), Honduras (2), Mexico (20), Panama (1), United States (29: Arizona, Florida, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas), Venezuela (5)
• Blancan of Costa Rica (1), El Salvador (1), Mexico (4), United States (20: Arizona, Florida, New Mexico, South Carolina, Texas)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Oklahoma)
Total: 110 collections including 114 occurrences
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