Hoplophorus

Hoplophorus was an extinct genus of glyptodont, a family of mammals related to armadillo. The only known species was H. euphractus, found in Pleistocene deposits in Piauí,[1] and Minas Gerais, in Brazil.[2]

Hoplophorus
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene (Ensenadan-Lujanian)
~0.126–0.011 Ma
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Shell fragment
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cingulata
Family: Chlamyphoridae
Subfamily: †Glyptodontinae
Genus: †Hoplophorus
Lund, 1838
Species:
†H. euphractus
Binomial name
†Hoplophorus euphractus
Lund, 1838

Nomen dubium

The species is possibly synonymous with Glyptodon euphractus.[1]

References
  1. Glyptodon euphractus in the Paleobiology Database.org
  2. Kleberson de O. Porpinoa, Juan C. Fernicola & Lílian P. Bergqvist. Revisiting the intertropical Brazilian species Hoplophorus euphractus (Cingulata, Glyptodontoidea) and the phylogenetic affinities of Hoplophorus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Volume 30, Issue 3, 2010. pages 911-927.


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