Hoplophorus

Hoplophorus was an extinct genus of glyptodont, a subfamily of armadillos . The only known species was H. euphractus, found in Pleistocene deposits in Piauí,[1] and Minas Gerais, in Brazil.[2] It is currently regarded as a nomen dubium due to being a possible synonym of Glyptodon euphractus.[1]

Hoplophorus
Shell fragment
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cingulata
Family: Chlamyphoridae
Subfamily: Glyptodontinae
Genus: Hoplophorus
Lund, 1838
Species:
H. euphractus
Binomial name
Hoplophorus euphractus
Lund, 1838

References

  1. Glyptodon euphractus in the Paleobiology Database.org
  2. Porpino, Kleberson de O.; Fernicola, Juan C.; Bergqvist, Lílian P. (2010-05-18). "Revisiting the intertropical Brazilian species Hoplophorus euphractus (Cingulata, Glyptodontoidea) and the phylogenetic affinities of Hoplophorus". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (3): 911–927. doi:10.1080/02724631003765735. ISSN 0272-4634.


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