Zaphilus Ameghino 1889 (edentate)

Mammalia - Cingulata

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1889. Contribución al conocimiento de los mamíferos fósiles de la República Argentina [Contribution to the knowledge of the fossil mammals of the Argentine Republic]. Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina en Córdoba 6:xxxii-1027

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

See also Ameghino 1889

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

Subtaxa: Zaphilus larranagai

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Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Playa Kiyu (Pliocene of Uruguay)

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