Boreostemma

Boreostemma Temporal range: Mid Miocene-Early Pliocene (Laventan-Montehermosan) ~13–5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Tail of Boreostemma from the Honda Group
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Cingulata
Family:	Chlamyphoridae
Subfamily:	†Glyptodontinae
Genus:	†Boreostemma Carlini et al. 2008
Type species
†Boreostemma pliocena Carlini et al. 2008
Species
B. acostae Villarroel 1983 B. gigantea Carlini et al. 1997 B. pliocena Carlini et al. 2008 B. venezolensis Simpson 1947

Boreostemma is an extinct genus of glyptodonts from northern South America. Fossils assigned to the genus were first described as belonging to Asterostemma from southern South America, but have been placed in the new genus Boreostemma by Carlini et al. in 2008. The type species is B. pliocena. Fossils of Boreostemma have been found in the Honda Group of Colombia, in Peru and Venezuela.