Panochthus
Panochthus Temporal range: Pleistocene | |
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P. frenzelianus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Superorder: | Xenarthra |
Order: | Cingulata |
Family: | Chlamyphoridae |
Subfamily: | †Glyptodontinae |
Genus: | †Panochthus Burmeister, 1866 |
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Panochthus is an extinct genus of glyptodont, which lived in Argentina during the Pleistocene epoch.
Panochthus vogti skull

1878 restoration of P. tuberculatus
It could reach 3 m in length and a weight up to 1500 kg;[1] the upper skull and the body were protected by hemispherical armor composed of hundred of rounded scales. The tail, short and wedge-shaped, consisted of small bony bands with small spikes used for defense.
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