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Glyptotherium

Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae

Taxonomy

Glyptotherium was named by Osborn (1903). Its type is Glyptotherium texanum.

It was assigned to Glyptotheriini by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Glyptodontini by Fernicola (2008); to Glyptodontidae by Osborn (1903), Brown (1912), Hay (1930), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Carroll (1988), Cisneros (2005), McDonald and Naples (2007), Mead et al. (2007), Albright et al. (2019); and to Glyptodontinae by Hoffstetter (1958), Downing and White (1995), Zurita et al. (2018), Cuadrelli et al. (2023).

Species

G. cylindricum (syn. G. floridanum, G. mexicanum), G. texanum (syn. G. arizonae, Xenoglyptodon fredericensis) (type species)

Species lacking formal opinion data

G. floridanus

Synonyms

Boreostracon was named by Simpson (1929).

It was synonymized subjectively with Glyptotherium by Marshall et al. (1979), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Gillette and Ray (1981), McKenna and Bell (1997).
Brachyostracon was named by Brown (1912). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Glyptotherium by Marshall et al. (1979), Gillette and Ray (1981), McKenna and Bell (1997).

It was assigned to Sclerocalyptidae by Brown (1912); and to Hoplophoridae by Hay (1930).
Xenoglyptodon was named by Meade (1953).

It was synonymized subjectively with Glyptotherium by Marshall et al. (1979), McKenna and Bell (1997).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1903	Glyptotherium Osborn
1912	Glyptotherium Brown
1912	Brachyostracon Brown p. 169 figs. 1-4
1929	Boreostracon Simpson
1930	Glyptotherium Hay p. 420
1930	Brachyostracon Hay p. 421
1953	Xenoglyptodon Meade
1958	Glyptotherium Hoffstetter
1980	Glyptotherium Kurten and Anderson p. 132
1988	Glyptotherium Carroll
1995	Glyptotherium Downing and White p. 394
1997	Glyptotherium McKenna and Bell p. 91
2005	Glyptotherium Cisneros p. 243
2007	Glyptotherium McDonald and Naples p. 151
2007	Glyptotherium Mead et al. p. 442
2008	Glyptotherium Fernicola
2018	Glyptotherium Zurita et al.
2019	Glyptotherium Albright et al. p. 155
2023	Glyptotherium Cuadrelli et al. p. 337

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	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	Glyptotherium

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. †Glyptotherium Osborn 1903

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†Glyptotherium cylindricum Brown 1912

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Invalid names: Glyptotherium floridanum Simpson 1929 [synonym], Glyptotherium mexicanum Cuataparo and Ramirez 1875 [synonym]

†Glyptotherium texanum Osborn 1903

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Invalid names: Glyptotherium arizonae Gidley 1926 [synonym]

Invalid names: Boreostracon Simpson 1929 [synonym], Brachyostracon Brown 1912 [synonym], Xenoglyptodon Meade 1953 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available