Hoplophractus Cabrera 1939 (edentate)

Mammalia - Cingulata

Full reference: A. Cabrera. 1939. Sobre Vertebrados Fósiles del Plioceno de Adolfo Alsina. Revista del Museo de La Plata 2(6):3-35

Parent taxon: Glyptodontoinei according to J. C. Fernicola 2008

See also McKenna and Bell 1997, Perea 2005 and Zurita and Aramayo 2007

Sister taxa: Eosclerocalyptus, Pseudoplohophorus, Stromaphorus

Subtaxa: Hoplophractus proximus

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Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Argentina (2 collections)

• Huayquerian of Argentina (3)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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