Plohophoroides Castellanos 1928 (edentate)

Mammalia - Cingulata

Full reference: A. Castellanos. 1928. Un nuevo representante de la subfamilia "Sclerocalyptinae": "Plohophoroides" n. gen. y sus especies. Revista de la Universidad Nacional de Cordoba 15(1-2):110-148

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

See also Castellanos 1928 and McKenna and Bell 1997

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

Subtaxa: Plohophoroides conterminus

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Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Argentina (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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