Plaxhaplous

Plaxhaplous; Temporal range: Early-Mid Pleistocene (Uquian-Ensenadan); ~2.588–0.781 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Cingulata
Family:	Chlamyphoridae
Subfamily:	†Glyptodontinae
Genus:	†Plaxhaplous; Ameghino, 1884
Species:	†P. canaliculatus
Binomial name
	†Plaxhaplous canaliculatus; Ameghino, 1884

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

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.^[2]

Etymology

The name Plaxhaplous means simple, flat surface.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Rinderknecht, A. (1999). "Estudios Sobre la Familia Glyptodontidae" (PDF). Comunicaciones Paleantologicas del Museo Historia Natural de Montervideo. 2 (31). Retrieved 2015-04-07.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d North America Fauna. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1904. pp. 546, 817. Retrieved 2015-04-07.
^ Plaxhaplous at Fossilworks.org

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[montevideo-1] Rinderknecht, A. (1999). "Estudios Sobre la Familia Glyptodontidae" (PDF). Comunicaciones Paleantologicas del Museo Historia Natural de Montervideo. 2 (31). Retrieved 2015-04-07.

[fauna-2] North America Fauna. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1904. pp. 546, 817. Retrieved 2015-04-07.

[FWPlaxhaplous-3] Plaxhaplous at Fossilworks.org

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