Phlyctaenopyga Cabrera 1944 (edentate)

Mammalia - Cingulata

Full reference: A. Cabrera. 1944. Los Gliptodontoideos del Araucaniano de Catamarca. Revista del Museo de La Plata 3(15):5-76

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

See also Cabrera 1944 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Chacus, Coscinocercus, Eonaucum, Eosclerophorus, Glyptatelidae, Glyptodontoidea, Glyptodontoinei, Isolinia, Neothoracophorini, Neuryurini, Palaehoplophorini, Parahoplophorus, Plohophoroides, Plohophorops, Propalaehoplophoroinei, Stromaphoropsis, Trachycalyptus, Uruguayurus, Zaphilus

Subtaxa: Phlyctaenopyga ameghini Phlyctaenopyga trouessarti

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Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Argentina (6 collections)

• Huayquerian of Argentina (3)

Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences

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