Panochthus
Panochthus Temporal range: Pleistocene (Uquian-Lujanian) ~2.588–0.012 Ma | |
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P. frenzelianus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Superorder: | Xenarthra |
Order: | Cingulata |
Family: | Chlamyphoridae |
Subfamily: | †Glyptodontinae |
Genus: | †Panochthus Burmeister, 1866 |
Species | |
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Panochthus is an extinct genus of glyptodont, which lived in the Gran Chaco-Pampean region of Argentina (Lujan, Yupoi and Agua Blanca Formations), Brazil (Jandaíra Formation), Bolivia (Tarija and Ñuapua Formations), Paraguay and Uruguay (Sopas and Dolores Formations) during the Pleistocene epoch.[1][2]
It could reach 3 metres (9.8 ft) in length and a weight up to 1,500 kilograms (3,300 lb)[3] the upper skull and the body were protected by hemispherical armor composed of hundred of rounded scales. The tail, short and wedge-shaped, consisted of small bony bands with small spikes used for defense.
Gallery
- Panochthus vogti skull
- 1878 restoration of P. tuberculatus
See also
References
- ↑ Panochthus at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Zurita, Alfredo Eduardo; Zamorano, Martín; Scillato-Yané, Gustavo Juan; Fidel, Sergio; Iriondo, Martín; Gillette, David D. (2017-01-16). "A new species of Panochthus Burmeister (Xenarthra, Cingulata, Glyptodontidae) from the Pleistocene of the Eastern Cordillera, Bolivia". Historical Biology. 0 (0): 1–13. ISSN 0891-2963. doi:10.1080/08912963.2016.1278443.
- ↑ (in Spanish) Chicosabordo
Further reading
- Dinosaur Encyclopedia by Jayne Parsons
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