Neosclerocalyptus

Neosclerocalyptus was an extinct genus of glyptodont that lived during the Pleistocene in northeastern Argentina.[1]

Neosclerocalyptus
Temporal range: Pleistocene (Ensenadan-Lujanian)
~0.126–0.001 Ma
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Fossil in Valencia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cingulata
Family: Chlamyphoridae
Subfamily: †Glyptodontinae
Genus: †Neosclerocalyptus
Couto, 1957
Species
  • N. castellanosi Zurita et al. 2013
  • N. gouldi Zurita et al. 2008
  • N. heusseri (Ameghino, 1889)
  • N. ornatus (Owen, 1845) (type)
  • N. paskoensis Zurita 2002
  • N. pseudornatus (Ameghino, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Chacus Zurita 2002
  • Sclerocalyptus Ameghino 1891

Species

The species known for this genus are:[2]

  • N. castellanosi[3] Zurita et al., 2013
  • N. gouldi Zurita et al. 2008
  • N. heusseri (Ameghino, 1889)
  • N. ornatus (Owen, 1845) (type species)
  • N. paskoensis Zurita 2002
  • N. pseudornatus (Ameghino, 1889)

Distribution

Fossils of Neosclerocalyptus have been found in:[4]

  • Miramar, Yupoí, Agua Blanca, Buenos Aires, and Luján Formations, Argentina
  • Tail armour
  • Tail armour

References
  1. Zurita, A. E.; Scarano, A. C.; Carlini, A. A.; Scillato-Yané, G. J.; Soibelzon, E. (2011). "Neosclerocalyptus spp. (Cingulata: Glyptodontidae: Hoplophorini): Cranial morphology and palaeoenvironments along the changing Quaternary". Journal of Natural History. 45 (15–16): 893. doi:10.1080/00222933.2010.536917.
  2. A. E. Zurita, A. A. Carlini, and G. J. Scillato-Yané. 2009. Paleobiogeography, biostratigraphy and systematics of the Hoplophorini (Xenarthra, Glyptodontoidea, Hoplophorinae) from the Ensenadan Stage (early Pleistocene to early-middle Pleistocene). Quaternary International 210:82-92.
  3. Alfredo E. Zurita, Matias Taglioretti, Martin Zamorano, Gustavo J. Scillato-Yané, Carlos Luna, Daniel Boh & Mariano Magnussen Saffer. 2013. A new species of Neosclerocalyptus Paula Couto (Mammalia: Xenarthra: Cingulata): the oldest record of the genus and morphological and phylogenetic aspects. Zootaxa 3721 (4): 387–398.
  4. Neosclerocalyptus at Fossilworks.org
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