Plaxhaplous
| Plaxhaplous | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Cingulata |
| Family: | Chlamyphoridae |
| Subfamily: | †Glyptodontinae |
| Genus: | †Plaxhaplous Ameghino, 1884 |
| Species: | †P. canaliculatus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Plaxhaplous canaliculatus Ameghino, 1884
| |
Plaxhaplous was a dubious[1] genus of glyptodont, an extinct relative of the modern armadillo. It lived in the Pleistocene epoch.[2] The type species is Plaxhaplous canaliculatus.[3] Plaxhaplous canaliculatus fossils were found in Argentina, near Luján in Buenos Aires Province.[3] Plaxhaplous fossils have also been found in Uruguay.[2] and in the Charana Formation of Bolivia.[4]
Description
Like all glyptodonts, Plaxhaplous was endowed with a carapace. This carapace was formed by bony osteoderms, which formed a rigid and robust structure which protected the animal from predators.[3]
Etymology
The name Plaxhaplous means simple, flat surface.[3]
References
- ^ Núñez-Blasco, Alizia; Zurita, Alfredo E.; Miño-Boilini, Ángel R.; Bonini, Ricardo A.; Cuadrelli, Francisco (2021). "The glyptodont Eleutherocercus solidus from the late Neogene of north-western Argentina: Morphology, chronology, and phylogeny". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 66 (3): 79–99. doi:10.4202/app.00824.2020. hdl:11336/183170.
- ^ a b Rinderknecht, A. (1999). "Estudios Sobre la Familia Glyptodontidae" (PDF). Comunicaciones Paleantologicas del Museo Historia Natural de Montervideo. 2 (31). Retrieved 2015-04-07.
- ^ a b c d North America Fauna. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1904. pp. 546, 817. Retrieved 2015-04-07.
- ^ Plaxhaplous at Fossilworks.org