Sclerocalyptus

Sclerocalyptus
Temporal range: Pleistocene (Ensenadan-Lujanian)
Sclerocalyptus ornatus fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Superorder: Xenarthra
Order: Cingulata
Family: Chlamyphoridae
Subfamily: †Glyptodontinae
Genus: †Sclerocalyptus
Owen 1845
Species
  • S. cordubensis
  • S. evidens
  • S. heusseri
  • S. ornatus
  • S. perfectus
  • S. pseudornatus

Sclerocalyptus was a glyptodont that lived during the Pleistocene (Ensenadan to Lujanian) in Argentina. Four species are described from the Ensenadan, S. pseudornatus, S. ornatus, S. perfectus and S. cordubensis, and two Lujanian taxa S. heusseri and S. evidens.[1]

Tail armour

References

  1. ↑ Zurita, A.; Scillato-Yané, G. J.; Carlini, A. A. (2005). "Paleozoogeographic, biostratigraphic, and systematic aspects of the genus Sclerocalyptus (Xenarthra, Glyptodontidae) of Argentina". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 20: 121. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2005.06.013.
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