Hoplophorus
An extinct genus of mammals belonging to the armadillo order of xenarthrans / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hoplophorus is an extinct genus of glyptodont, a subfamily of armadillos . The only confidently known species was H. euphractus, found in Pleistocene deposits in Brazil, though fossils possibly from another species are known from Bolivia.[1][2]
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Hoplophorus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Cingulata |
Family: | Chlamyphoridae |
Subfamily: | †Glyptodontinae |
Genus: | †Hoplophorus Lund, 1837 |
Species: | †H. euphractus |
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†Hoplophorus euphractus Lund, 1837 | |
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