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Palaeopeltidae
Taxonomy
Palaeopeltidae was named by Ameghino (1894). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Glyptodontia by Ameghino (1894); to Glyptodontia by Ameghino (1897); to Dasypodoidea by Carroll (1988); and to Glyptodontoidea by Castellanos (1959), McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Glyptodontia by Ameghino (1894); to Glyptodontia by Ameghino (1897); to Dasypodoidea by Carroll (1988); and to Glyptodontoidea by Castellanos (1959), McKenna and Bell (1997).
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Kouvari on 2019-11-26
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1894 | Palaeopeltidae Ameghino |
| 1897 | Palaeopeltidae Ameghino p. 506 |
| 1959 | Palaeopeltidae Castellanos |
| 1988 | Palaeopeltidae Carroll |
| 1997 | Palaeopeltidae McKenna and Bell p. 87 |
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Fm. †Palaeopeltidae Ameghino 1894
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G. †Palaeopeltis Ameghino 1895
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†Palaeopeltis inornatus Ameghino 1894
†Palaeopeltis tesseratus Ameghino 1902
Invalid names: Pseudorophodon Hoffestter 1954 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available