Eleutherocercus
| Eleutherocercus | |
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| Eleutherocercus setifer tail armour at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Cingulata |
| Family: | Chlamyphoridae |
| Subfamily: | †Glyptodontinae |
| Genus: | †Eleutherocercus Koken, 1888 |
| Type species | |
| †Eleutherocercus setifer Koken, 1888
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Eleutherocercus was a genus of glyptodonts that lived during the Late Miocene and Early Pliocene in South America.[1] Fossils of the genus have been found in the Huayquerian Ituzaingó Formation (E. paranensis) and the Montehermosan Monte Hermoso Formation (E. antiquus) in Argentina.[2][3]
Phylogeny
Below are the results of a phylogenetic analysis conducted by Zurita et al., 2016 showing the position of Eleutherocercus in relation to other glyptodontines:[4]
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References
- ^ Zurita, Alfredo E.; Oliveira, E. V.; Toriño, P.; Rodriguez-Bualó, S. M. N.; Scillato-Yané, G. J.; Luna, C.; Krapovickas, J. N. (2011). "On the taxonomic status of some Glyptodontidae (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata) from the Pleistocene of South America". Annales de Paléontologie. 97 (1–2): 63–83. Bibcode:2011AnPal..97...63Z. doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2011.07.003. hdl:11336/43130.
- ^ Paraná, Pueblo Brugo to Diamante, Ituzaingó Fm. at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Farola at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Zurita, Alfredo E.; Taglioretti, Matías; Reyes, Martín de los; Oliva, Cristian; Scaglia, Fernando (2 April 2016). "First Neogene skulls of Doedicurinae (Xenarthra, Glyptodontidae): morphology and phylogenetic implications". Historical Biology. 28 (3): 423–432. doi:10.1080/08912963.2014.969254. ISSN 0891-2963. Retrieved 18 October 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
Further reading
- A. L. Cione, M. M. Azpelicueta, M. Bond, A. A. Carlini, J. R. Casciotta, M. A. Cozzuol, M. Fuente, Z. Gasparini, F. J. Goin, J. Noriega, G. J. Scillato-Yane, L. Soibelzon, E. P. Tonni, D. Verzi, and M. G. Vucetich. 2000. Miocene vertebrates from Entre Rios province, eastern Argentina. Serie Correlacion Geologica 14:191-237
- R. L. Tomassini, C. I. Montalvo, C.M. Deschamps and T. Manera. 2013. Biostratigraphy and biochronology of the Monte Hermoso Formation (early Pliocene) at its type locality, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 48:31-42
- R. L. Tomassini and C. I. Montalvo. 2013. Taphonomic modes on fluvial deposits of the Monte Hermoso Formation (early Pliocene), Buenos Aires province, Argentina. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 369:282-294