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Glyptodon

Osteichthyes - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae

Taxonomy

Glyptodon was named by Owen (1839). It is not extant. Its type is Glyptodon clavipes. It is the type genus of Glyptodontoidea.

It was synonymized subjectively with Pampatherium by Cartelle and Bohorquez (1984).

It was assigned to Glyptodontini by McKenna and Bell (1997), Fernicola (2008), Rincón et al. (2008); to Glyptodontidae by Ameghino (1889), Cope (1889), Lydekker (1894), Ameghino (1902), Hay (1902), Brown (1912), Rovereto (1914), Hay (1930), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Carroll (1988), Salles et al. (2006), Luna and Krapovickas (2011); and to Glyptodontinae by Hoffstetter (1958), Zurita et al. (2004), Soibelzon et al. (2010), Zurita et al. (2018).

Species

G. chapalmalensis, G. clavipes (syn. G. subelevatus) (type species), G. depressus (syn. Neothoracophorus minutus), G. elongatus, G. euphractus (syn. Hoplophorus sellowi, G. dubius), G. falkneri, G. fiorinii, G. jatunkhirkhi, G. minor, G. munizi, G. petaliferus, G. reticulatus (syn. G. typus, Hoplophorus asper), G. rivapacis, G. rudis, Neothoracophorus elevatus

Species lacking formal opinion data

G. perforatus, G. rudimentarius

Synonyms

Chlamydotherium was named by Bronn (1838). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Glyptodon by Ameghino (1889).

It was assigned to Glyptodontidae by Marshall and Sempere (1991); and to Glyptodontinae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
Thoracophorus was named by Gervais and Ameghino (1880).

It was synonymized subjectively with Neothoracophorus by McKenna and Bell (1997).
Heteroglyptodon was named by Roselli (1976).

It was synonymized subjectively with Glyptodon by Zurita et al. (2011).

It was assigned to Glyptodontini by McKenna and Bell (1997), Fernicola (2008).
Lepitherium was named by Saint-Hillaire (1839).

It was synonymized subjectively with Glyptodon by McKenna and Bell (1997).
Pachypus was named by D'Alton (1839).

It was synonymized subjectively with Glyptodon by McKenna and Bell (1997).
Schistopleurum was named by Nodot (1857).

It was synonymized subjectively with Glyptodon by Ameghino (1889), McKenna and Bell (1997).
Glyptocoileus was named by Castellanos (1952).

It was synonymized subjectively with Glyptodon by McKenna and Bell (1997).
Glyptopedius was named by Castellanos (1953).

It was synonymized subjectively with Glyptodon by McKenna and Bell (1997).
Orycterotherium was named by Bronn (1838).

It was synonymized subjectively with Glyptodon by Ameghino (1889); it was synonymized subjectively with Mylodon by Hay (1902).
Neothoracophorus was named by Ameghino (1889).

It was synonymized subjectively with Glyptodon by Zurita et al. (2009).

It was assigned to Glyptodontidae by Ameghino (1889), Brown (1912), Carroll (1988); and to Neothoracophorini by Hoffstetter (1958), McKenna and Bell (1997).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1838	Chlamydotherium Bronn
1838	Orycterotherium Bronn
1839	Pachypus D'Alton
1839	Glyptodon Owen
1839	Lepitherium Saint-Hillaire p. 127
1857	Schistopleurum Nodot
1880	Thoracophorus Gervais and Ameghino p. 790
1889	Glyptodon Ameghino
1889	Neothoracophorus Ameghino
1889	Glyptodon Cope p. 663
1894	Glyptodon Lydekker p. 3
1902	Glyptodon Ameghino
1902	Glyptodon Hay p. 580
1912	Glyptodon Brown
1912	Neothoracophorus Brown
1914	Glyptodon Rovereto p. 206
1930	Glyptodon Hay p. 419
1952	Glyptocoileus Castellanos p. 402
1953	Glyptopedius Castellanos p. 395
1958	Glyptodon Hoffstetter
1958	Neothoracophorus Hoffstetter
1976	Heteroglyptodon Roselli p. 137
1980	Glyptodon Kurten and Anderson p. 132
1988	Glyptodon Carroll
1988	Neothoracophorus Carroll
1991	Chlamydotherium Marshall and Sempere
1997	Neothoracophorus McKenna and Bell p. 87
1997	Chlamydotherium McKenna and Bell p. 91
1997	Glyptodon McKenna and Bell p. 91
1997	Heteroglyptodon McKenna and Bell p. 91
2004	Glyptodon Zurita et al.
2006	Glyptodon Salles et al. p. 7
2008	Glyptodon Fernicola
2008	Heteroglyptodon Fernicola
2008	Glyptodon Rincón et al. p. 203
2010	Glyptodon Soibelzon et al. p. 456
2011	Glyptodon Luna and Krapovickas
2018	Glyptodon Zurita et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Americatheria
—	Xenarthra	()
order	Cingulata	()
suborder	Glyptodontia	()
superfamily	Glyptodontoidea	Gray 1869
family	Glyptodontidae	Burmeister 1879
subfamily	Glyptodontinae	Gray 1869
genus	Glyptodon	Owen 1839

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Glyptodon Owen 1839

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†Glyptodon chapalmalensis Ameghino 1908

†Glyptodon clavipes Owen 1839

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Invalid names: Glyptodon subelevatus Nodot 1854 [synonym]

†Glyptodon depressus Ameghino 1881

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Invalid names: Neothoracophorus minutus Ameghino 1881 [synonym]

†Glyptodon elongatus Burmeister 1866

†Glyptodon euphractus Lund 1839

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Invalid names: Glyptodon dubius Reinhardt 1875 [synonym], Hoplophorus sellowi Lund 1838 [synonym]

†Glyptodon falkneri Ameghino 1889

†Glyptodon fiorinii Ameghino 1889

†Glyptodon jatunkhirkhi Cuadrelli et al. 2020

†Glyptodon minor Lund 1838

†Glyptodon munizi Ameghino 1881

†Glyptodon petaliferus Cope 1888

†Glyptodon reticulatus Owen 1845

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Invalid names: Glyptodon typus Nodot 1857 [synonym], Hoplophorus asper Burmeister 1866 [synonym]

†Glyptodon rivapacis Hay 1923

†Glyptodon rudis Gervais 1878

Invalid names: Chlamydotherium Bronn 1838 [synonym], Glyptocoileus Castellanos 1952 [synonym], Glyptopedius Castellanos 1953 [synonym], Heteroglyptodon Roselli 1976 [synonym], Lepitherium Saint-Hillaire 1839 [synonym], Neothoracophorus Ameghino 1889 [synonym], Orycterotherium Bronn 1838 [synonym], Pachypus D'Alton 1839 [synonym], Schistopleurum Nodot 1857 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available