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Paraglyptodon ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4832801https://www.gbif.org/species/4832801
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)43588https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=43588
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Glyptodontidae : Paraglyptodon
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Xenarthra : Glyptodontidae : Paraglyptodon
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
genusParaglyptodonCastellanos 1932
Scientific NameParaglyptodon Castellanos, 1932
Name Published InPhysis, 11
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Paraglyptodongenusbelongs to Glyptodontinaestated with evidenceHoffstetter, 1958
Paraglyptodongenusbelongs to GlyptodontidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Paraglyptodongenusbelongs to Glyptodontidaestated without evidenceMacFadden et al., 1993
Paraglyptodongenusbelongs to Glyptodontinistated without evidenceMcKenna and Bell, 1997
Paraglyptodongenusbelongs to Glyptodontinistated with evidenceFernicola, 2008
Paraglyptodongenusbelongs to Glyptodontinaestated with evidenceScillato-Yané et al., 2013
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance11.6 - 7.2 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance3.60 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic
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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Paraglyptodon chapadmalensis ✝
species		listed (PBDB)
Paraglyptodon dubius ✝
species		listed (PBDB)
Paraglyptodon paranensis ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		19.00 Ma
Miocene		9.00 Ma
Miocene
Paraglyptodon uquiensis ✝
species		listed (PBDB)24.00 Ma
Pliocene		3.60 Ma
Pliocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1932Paraglyptodon Castellanos
1958Paraglyptodon Hoffstetter
1988Paraglyptodon Carroll
1993Paraglyptodon MacFadden et al. p. 235
1997Paraglyptodon McKenna and Bell p. 91
2008Paraglyptodon Fernicola
2013Paraglyptodon Scillato-Yané et al.

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
MacFadden B. J., Anaya F., et al (1993) Magnetic polarity stratigraphy of Inchasi: a Pliocene mammal-bearing locality from the Bolivian Andes deposited just before the Great American Interchange, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 114 2-3, 229-241
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
Scillato-Yané G. J., Góis F., et al (2013) Los cingulata (Mammalia, Xenarthra) del "Conglomerado Osífero" (Mioceno tardío) de la Formación Ituzaingó de Entre Ríos, Argentina, El Neógeno de la Mesopotamia argentina 14, 118-134
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
Physis, 11 - 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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