Palaehoplophorus

Palaehoplophorus
Temporal range: Middle-Late Miocene
~16–7 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cingulata
Family: Chlamyphoridae
Subfamily: Glyptodontinae
Genus: Palaehoplophorus
Ameghino, 1883
Type species
Palaehoplophorus antiquus
Species
  • P. antiquus Ameghino 1883
  • P. meridionalis Ameghino 1904
  • P. pressulus Ameghino 1885
  • P. scalabrinii Ameghino 1883

Palaehoplophorus (also spelled, historically, Palaeohoplophorus) is an extinct genus of glyptodont. It lived from the Middle to the Late Miocene, and its fossilized remains were discovered in South America.