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Glyptotherium texanum

Description

Glyptotherium is an extinct genus of glyptodont, a group of extinct mammals related to the armadillos living from the Middle to Late Pleistocene, approximately 1.8 million to 12,000 years ago (AEO). The genus is considered an example of North American megafauna, of which most have become extinct. Glyptotherium may have been wiped out by changing climate or human interference.[1]


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4974886https://www.gbif.org/species/4974886
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)46669https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=46669
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Glyptodontidae : Glyptotherium : Glyptotherium texanum
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Xenarthra : Glyptodontidae : Glyptotherium : Glyptotherium texanum
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-AmericatheriaShockey 2017
-Xenarthra
suborderGlyptodontia
infraorderGlyptodontoineiGray 1869
superfamilyGlyptodontoideaGray 1869
familyGlyptodontidaeBurmeister 1879
subfamilyGlyptodontinaeGray 1869
genusGlyptotheriumOsborn 1903
speciesGlyptotherium texanumOsborn 1903
Generic NameGlyptotherium
Scientific NameGlyptotherium texanum Osborn, 1903
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Glyptotherium texanumspeciesbelongs to Glyptotheriumstated without evidenceOsborn, 1903
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance5.33 - 1.80 Ma
Cenozoic
Last Recorded Appearance1.80 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietomnivore (based on Xenarthra)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals.
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyptotherium_texanum

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1903Glyptotherium texanum Osborn
1926Glyptotherium arizonae Gidley
1953Xenoglyptodon fredericensis Meade
1964Glyptodon fredericensis Melton
1980Glyptotherium texanum Kurten and Anderson p. 132
1980Glyptotherium arizonae Kurten and Anderson p. 134
2005Glyptotherium arizonae Cisneros p. 243
2007Glyptotherium arizonae McDonald and Naples p. 151
2007Glyptotherium texanum McDonald and Naples p. 151
2019Glyptotherium texanum Albright et al. p. 155

References

Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals
Kurten B., Anderson E. (1980) , Pleistocene mammals of North America, 1-442
Cisneros J. C. (2005) New Pleistocene vertebrate fauna from El Salvador, Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 8 3, 239-255
McDonald H. G., Naples V. L. (2007) Xenarthra, Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America 2, 147-160
Albright L. B., Sanders A. E., et al (2019) Cenozoic vertebrate biostratigraphy of South Carolina, U.S.A. and additions to the fauna, Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 57 2, 77-236
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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