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Glyptotherium

Osteichthyes - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae

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

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
orderCingulata()
suborderGlyptodontia()
superfamilyGlyptodontoideaGray 1869
familyGlyptodontidaeBurmeister 1879
subfamilyGlyptodontinaeGray 1869
genusGlyptotherium

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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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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:20:40
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:20:40
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 2.58000 to 0.01400 Ma

Collections (110 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Oklahoma) G. arizonae (150272)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Arizona) G. arizonae (19646) G. texanum (19656 19657 19658)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Florida) G. arizonae (19747 19754 19764)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4Mexico (Guanajuato) G. arizonae (20077) G. sp. (70114 70117)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Texas) G. sp. (20046 20047) G. texanum (20028 20032 20033 20050 20057)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (New Mexico) G. arizonae (19655 230461)
Blancan - Irvingtonian4.7 - 0.21USA (New Mexico) G. arizonae (20141) G. sp. (20397)
Blancan - Irvingtonian4.7 - 0.21USA (Arizona) G. texanum (19652)
Blancan - Irvingtonian4.7 - 0.21Costa Rica (Alajuela) G. arizonae (192089)
Blancan - Irvingtonian4.7 - 0.21El Salvador G. arizonae (70118)
Blancan - Irvingtonian4.7 - 0.21USA (South Carolina) G. texanum (206954)
Blancan - Irvingtonian4.7 - 0.21Mexico (Jalisco) G. sp. (20078)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Florida) G. arizonae (19758 20384)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) G. arizonae (19750 98313)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Mexico (Jalisco) G. cylindricum (189787)
Pleistocene (glacial)2.58 - 0.0117Brazil (Minas Gerais) Glyptotheriini indet. (140474)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) G. sp. (230757)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Brazil (Pernambuco) G. sp. (230754)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) G. floridanum (65405)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Jalisco) G. sp. (20285)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Brazil (Ceara) G. sp. (236300)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Brazil (Paraíba) G. cylindricum (230460)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Florida) G. floridanum (227368)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Brazil (Alagoas) G. sp. (230755)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Brazil (Ceará) G. cylindricum (230756)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Costa Rica (Alajuela) G. texanum (113469)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Yucatan) G. floridanum (230752)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Glyptodon petaliferus (156789)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Santiago chazumba) G. sp. (190089)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Mexico) G. mexicanum (71319)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Louisiana) G. floridanum (124936)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) G. sp. (230712)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Mexico (Santiago Chazumba) G. sp. (190088)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21Mexico (Aguascalientes) Brachyostracon mexicanus (20283)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21Mexico (Jalisco) G. sp. (20539)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) G. arizonae (20308 20399) G. floridanum (20520)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (New Mexico) G. arizonae (20548) G. sp. (20139)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Arizona) G. arizonae (20341 20344) G. sp. (20536)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Texas) Glyptodon fredericensis (20342) G. sp. (20164 20412)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Oklahoma) G. arizonae (20382)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014Mexico (Tlaxcala) G. floridanum (226032)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014Mexico (Hidalgo) G. floridanum (113408 113409 113410)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014Mexico (Chiapas) G. cylindricum (226041)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (South Carolina) G. floridanum (79757)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014Mexico (Puebla) G. sp., G. cylindricum (230717)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014Mexico (Sonora) G. sp. (20495)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014Mexico (Tamaulipas) G. sp. (74498)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Guatemala (Quiché) G. sp. (212613)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Puebla) G. sp. (230714)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117El Salvador G. sp. (190752)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) G. cylindricum (85156 85159)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Alagoas) G. sp. (230760)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Guatemala (Chiquimula) G. sp. (212606)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Guatemala (Santa Rosa) G. sp. (212616)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Guatemala ( Zacapa) G. sp. (189382) G. sp., G. floridanus, G. cylindricum (189381)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Boreostracon floridanus (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Pernambuco) Glyptotheriini indet. (195186) G. sp. (230715)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Guatemala (Quetzaltenango) G. sp., G. cylindricum (212615)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Falcon) Glyptodon sp. (71283 71284) G. cylindricum (114475 114477)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Boreostracon sp. (85142) Glyptodon sp. (93527) G. floridanum (230753)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Boreostracon floridanus (74292) G. floridanum (154804)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Honduras (Copan) G. floridanum (230462)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Guatemala (El Petén) G. sp. (189383)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Costa Rica (Barra Honda Nicoya) G. sp. (190748)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela Glyptodon clavipes (71350)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Mexico) G. mexicanum (71320)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Boreostracon sp. (74470)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Panama (Herrera) Glyptodon sp. (71278)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) G. floridanum (79763)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Guatemala (Huehuetenango) G. sp. (212607 212608)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Honduras G. floridanum (230463)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Sergipe) G. sp. (147191)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Norte) Glyptodon sp. (93235)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) G. sp. (212449)