Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Parent taxon: Glyptodontidae according to J. C. Fernicola 2008
See also Carlini et al. 2008, Downing and White 1995, McKenna and Bell 1997, Rincón et al. 2008 and Zurita et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Doedicurinae, Ecinepeltus, Glyptatelinae, Hoplophorinae, Kelenkura, Panochthus, Paraeucinepeltus, Parapropalaehoplophorus, Plohophorinae, Sclerocalyptinae
Subtaxa: Boreostemma Doedicurini Glyptodon Glyptotheriini Glyptotherium Paraglyptodon
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (72 collections), Bolivia (20), Brazil (34), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (2), El Salvador (1), Guatemala (10), Honduras (2), Mexico (20), Panama (1), Paraguay (2), Peru (2), United States (31: Arizona, Florida, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas), Uruguay (13), Venezuela (8)
• 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), Uruguay (2), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene of Argentina (9), Bolivia (2), Mexico (1), Venezuela (1)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of Brazil (2), Colombia (20), Peru (4), United States (1: Texas), Venezuela (1)
• Neogene of Argentina (2)
Total: 295 collections including 342 occurrences