Propalaehoplophorus

Propalaehoplophorus
Temporal range: Early Miocene (Santacrucian-Friasian)
~17.5–15.5 Ma
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Propalaeohoplophorus minor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cingulata
Family: Chlamyphoridae
Subfamily: †Glyptodontinae
Genus: †Propalaehoplophorus
Ameghino 1887
Species
  • P. australis Ameghino 1887
  • P. minus Ameghino 1891
Synonyms
  • Propalaeohoplophorus

Propalaehoplophorus, also written as Propalaeohoplophorus, is an extinct genus of glyptodont, which lived in South America during the Early Miocene epoch.[1]

  1. ^ Vizcaíno, S. F.; Blanco, R. E.; Bender, J. B. N.; Milne, N. (2011). "Proportions and function of the limbs of glyptodonts". Lethaia. 44 (1): 93–101. Bibcode:2011Letha..44...93V. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.2010.00228.x.