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Protoglyptodon
Taxonomy
Protoglyptodon was named by Ameghino (1885).
It was assigned to Glyptodontia by Ameghino (1885); to Hoplophoridae by Ameghino (1889); and to Palaehoplophorini by Hoffstetter (1958), McKenna and Bell (1997), Fernicola (2008).
It was assigned to Glyptodontia by Ameghino (1885); to Hoplophoridae by Ameghino (1889); and to Palaehoplophorini by Hoffstetter (1958), McKenna and Bell (1997), Fernicola (2008).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1885 | Protoglyptodon Ameghino p. 133 |
| 1889 | Protoglyptodon Ameghino |
| 1958 | Protoglyptodon Hoffstetter |
| 1997 | Protoglyptodon McKenna and Bell p. 89 |
| 2008 | Protoglyptodon Fernicola |
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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. †Protoglyptodon Ameghino 1885
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†Protoglyptodon primiformis Ameghino 1885
†Protoglyptodon sagradoi Calcaterra 1978
†Protoglyptodon sanpedroi Calcaterra 1978
†Protoglyptodon solidus Ameghino 1891
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Huayquerian or 8.00000 to 5.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Huayquerian | Argentina (Entre Rios) | P. primiformis (55600) |