Propalaehoplophorus
| Propalaehoplophorus Temporal range: Miocene | |
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| Propalaeohoplophorus minor | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Superorder: | Xenarthra |
| Order: | Cingulata |
| Family: | Chlamyphoridae |
| Subfamily: | †Glyptodontinae |
| Genus: | †Propalaehoplophorus Ameghino, 1887 |
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Propalaehoplophorus is an extinct genus of glyptodont, which lived in Bolivia during the Miocene epoch.[1]
Restorations of Hapalops longiceps and Propalaeohoplophorus australis
Detail of a P. australis scute, early Miocene, in the permanent collection of The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
References
- ↑ Vizcaíno, S. F.; Blanco, R. E.; Bender, J. B. N.; Milne, N. (2011). "Proportions and function of the limbs of glyptodonts". Lethaia 44: 93. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.2010.00228.x.
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