Parapropalaehoplophorus
An extinct genus of mammals belonging to the armadillo order of xenarthrans / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Parapropalaehoplophorus septentrionalis was a comparatively small (compared to Glyptodon) species of glyptodont, extinct relatives of the modern armadillo. The mammal, identified in 2007 from the fossilized remains of a specimen found in 2004, weighed approximately 200 pounds and had a shell covered by tiny circular bumps.[1] It lumbered around northern Chile in the Chucal Formation, an area now dominated by the Andes mountain range, some 18 million years ago.[2][3] Fossils of the glyptodont also have been found in Peru (Ipururo and Pebas Formations).[4]
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Parapropalaehoplophorus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Cingulata |
Family: | Chlamyphoridae |
Subfamily: | †Glyptodontinae |
Genus: | †Parapropalaehoplophorus |
Species: | †P. septentrionalis |
Binomial name | |
†Parapropalaehoplophorus septentrionalis Croft, Flynn & Wyss, 2007 | |
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