Hoplophorus
| Hoplophorus Temporal range: Pleistocene | |
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| Shell fragment | |
| Fossil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Superorder: | Xenarthra |
| Order: | Cingulata |
| Family: | Chlamyphoridae |
| Subfamily: | †Glyptodontinae |
| Genus: | †Hoplophorus |
| Binomial name | |
| Hoplophorus euphractus Lund, 1838 | |
Hoplophorus was an extinct genus of glyptodont, a family of mammals related to armadillo. The only known species was H. euphractus, found in Pleistocene deposits in Minas Gerais, in Brazil.[1]
References
- ↑ Kleberson de O. Porpinoa, Juan C. Fernicola & Lílian P. Bergqvist. Revisiting the intertropical Brazilian species Hoplophorus euphractus (Cingulata, Glyptodontoidea) and the phylogenetic affinities of Hoplophorus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Volume 30, Issue 3, 2010. pages 911-927.
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