Panochthus bullifer Burmeister 1872 (glyptodon)

Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae

Belongs to Panochthus according to R. Lydekker 1894

See also Zamorano 2013 and Zamorano and Brandoni 2013

Sister taxa: Panochthus florensis, Panochthus frenzelianus, Panochthus greslebini, Panochthus hipsilis, Panochthus intermedius, Panochthus jaguaribensis, Panochthus nodotianus, Panochthus rusconii, Panochthus subintermedius, Panochthus tuberculatus, Panochthus voghii, Panochtus frenzelianus

Type specimen: MACN-Pv 1761, an osteoderm (fragmento de la región postero-dorsal de la coraza dorsal, incluido parte del borde posterior, y tubo caudal y, un pie anterior derecho casi completo con cúbito). Its type locality is Valle de Traslasierra - Heredia Cliffs, which is in a Montehermosan/Chapadmalalan floodplain gravel in the Brochero Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Panochthus bullifer in the database

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