Plaxhaplous

Plaxhaplous
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Cingulata
Family: Chlamyphoridae
Subfamily: †Glyptodontinae
Genus: †Plaxhaplous
Ameghino, 1884
Species:
†P. canaliculatus
Binomial name
†Plaxhaplous canaliculatus
Ameghino, 1884

Plaxhaplous was a dubious[1] genus of glyptodont, an extinct relative of the modern armadillo. It lived in the Pleistocene epoch.[2] The type species is Plaxhaplous canaliculatus.[3] Plaxhaplous canaliculatus fossils were found in Argentina, near Luján in Buenos Aires Province.[3] Plaxhaplous fossils have also been found in Uruguay.[2] and in the Charana Formation of Bolivia.[4]

Description

Like all glyptodonts, Plaxhaplous was endowed with a carapace. This carapace was formed by bony osteoderms, which formed a rigid and robust structure which protected the animal from predators.[3]

Etymology

The name Plaxhaplous means simple, flat surface.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Núñez-Blasco, Alizia; Zurita, Alfredo E.; Miño-Boilini, Ángel R.; Bonini, Ricardo A.; Cuadrelli, Francisco (2021). "The glyptodont Eleutherocercus solidus from the late Neogene of north-western Argentina: Morphology, chronology, and phylogeny". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 66 (3): 79–99. doi:10.4202/app.00824.2020. hdl:11336/183170.
  2. 1 2 Rinderknecht, A. (1999). "Estudios Sobre la Familia Glyptodontidae" (PDF). Comunicaciones Paleantologicas del Museo Historia Natural de Montervideo. 2 (31). Retrieved 2015-04-07.
  3. 1 2 3 4 North America Fauna. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1904. pp. 546, 817. Retrieved 2015-04-07.
  4. ↑ Plaxhaplous at Fossilworks.org


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