Neosclerocalyptus

Neosclerocalyptus
Temporal range: Pleistocene (Ensenadan-Lujanian)
~0.126–0.001 Ma
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Fossil in Valencia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cingulata
Family: Chlamyphoridae
Subfamily: †Glyptodontinae
Genus: †Neosclerocalyptus
Couto, 1957
Type species
†Glyptodon ornatus
Owen, 1845
Other Species
  • N. castellanosi Zurita et al. 2013
  • N. gouldi Zurita et al. 2008
  • N. paskoensis (Zurita 2002)
  • N. pseudornatus (Ameghino, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Chacus Zurita 2002
  • Sclerocalyptus Ameghino 1891
Synonyms of N. ornatus
  • Glyptodon ornatus Owen, 1845
  • Hoplophorus ornatus (Owen, 1845)
  • Sclerocalyptus ornatus (Owen, 1845)
Synonyms of N. paskoensis
  • Chacus paskoensis Zurita, 2002
Synonyms of N. pseudornatus
  • Hoplophorus pseudornatus Ameghino, 1889
  • Lomaphorus pseudornatus (Ameghino, 1889)
  • Sclerocalyptus pseudornatus (Ameghino, 1889)

Neosclerocalyptus was an extinct genus of glyptodont that lived during the Pliocene, Pleistocene, and Holocene of Southern South America, mostly Argentina.[1] It was small compared to many glyptodonts at only around 2 meters long and 360 kilograms.[2]

  1. ^ Zurita, A. E.; Scarano, A. C.; Carlini, A. A.; Scillato-Yané, G. J.; Soibelzon, E. (2011). "Neosclerocalyptus spp. (Cingulata: Glyptodontidae: Hoplophorini): Cranial morphology and palaeoenvironments along the changing Quaternary". Journal of Natural History. 45 (15–16): 893. Bibcode:2011JNatH..45..893Z. doi:10.1080/00222933.2010.536917. S2CID 85146482.
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