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Plaxhaplous

Description

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


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4832793https://www.gbif.org/species/4832793
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)43589https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=43589
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Glyptodontidae : Plaxhaplous
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Xenarthra : Glyptodontidae : Plaxhaplous
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)doubtful
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
tribeDoedicuriniAmeghino 1889
genusPlaxhaplousAmeghino 1884
Scientific NamePlaxhaplous Ameghino, 1884
Name Published InBol. Acad. Córdoba, 6
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Plaxhaplousgenusbelongs to Doedicurinaestated with evidenceHoffstetter, 1958
Plaxhaplousgenusbelongs to GlyptodontidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Plaxhaplousgenusbelongs to Doedicurinaestated without evidenceMcKenna and Bell, 1997
Plaxhaplousgenusbelongs to Doedicurinistated with evidenceFernicola, 2008
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance2.59 - 0.78 Ma
Pleistocene
Last Recorded Appearance2.59 - 0.78 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietomnivore (based on Xenarthra)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaxhaplous

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Plaxhaplus Trouessart, 1886GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Glyptodontidae : Plaxhaplus

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1884Plaxhaplous Ameghino
1889Plaxhaplus Ameghino p. 849
1958Plaxhaplous Hoffstetter
1988Plaxhaplous Carroll
1997Plaxhaplous McKenna and Bell p. 91
2008Plaxhaplous Fernicola

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Ameghino F. Contribución al conocimiento de los mamíferos fósiles de la República Argentina [Contribution to the knowledge of the fossil mammals of the Argentine Republic], Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina en Córdoba 6, xxxii-1027
McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640
Fernicola J. C. (2008) Nuevos aportes para la sistemática de los Glyptodontia Ameghino 1889 (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata), Ameghiniana 45 3, 553-574
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Bol. Acad. Córdoba, 6 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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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