Lomaphorus

Lomaphorus
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene (Lujanian)
~0.1 Ma
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Lomaphorus imperfectus caudal tube
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cingulata
Family: Chlamyphoridae
Subfamily: †Glyptodontinae
Genus: †Lomaphorus
Ameghino, 1889
Type species
†Hoplophorus imperfectus
Gervais and Ameghino, 1880
Other Species[1]
  • L. chapalmalensis Ameghino, 1908
  • L. cingulatus Ameghino, 1889
  • L. compressus Ameghino, 1882
  • L. elegans (Burmeister, 1871)
  • L. elevatus (Nodot, 1857)
Synonyms
Synonyms of L. imperfectus
  • Hoplophorus imperfectus Gervais and Ameghino, 1880
Synonyms of L. elegans
  • Hoplophorus elegans Burmeister, 1871
Synonyms of L. elevatus
  • Glyptodon elevatus Nodot, 1857

Lomaphorus is a possibly dubious extinct genus of glyptodont that lived during the Pleistocene in eastern Argentina.[2] Although many species have been referred, the genus itself is possibly dubious or synonymous with other glyptodonts like Neoslerocalyptus from the same region.[3][2][1]

  1. ^ a b Zurita, Alfredo E.; Taglioretti, Matías; De Los Reyes, Martín; Cuadrelli, Francisco; Poire, Daniel (2016-06-07). "Regarding the real diversity of Glyptodontidae (Mammalia, Xenarthra) in the late Pliocene (Chapadmalalan Age/Stage) of Argentina". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 88 (2): 809–827. doi:10.1590/0001-3765201620150113. hdl:11336/30011. ISSN 0001-3765. PMID 27276376.
  2. ^ a b Zurita, A. E.; Carlini, A. A.; Scillato-Yané, G. J. (2009). "Paleobiogeography, biostratigraphy and systematics of the Hoplophorini (Xenarthra, Glyptodontoidea, Hoplophorinae) from the Ensenadan Stage (early Pleistocene to early-middle Pleistocene)". Quaternary International. 210 (1–2): 82–92. Bibcode:2009QuInt.210...82Z. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2009.06.029.
  3. ^ Luna, Carlos. (2014). Implicancias sistemáticas, ontogenéticas y biomecánicas de la microestructura de los osteodermos de Neosclerocalyptus Paula Couto, 1957 (Cingulata, Glyptodontia).