Biology:Panochthus
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| P. frenzelianus | |
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| Skeleton and shell of Panochthus tuberculatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Cingulata |
| Family: | Chlamyphoridae |
| Subfamily: | †Glyptodontinae |
| Genus: | †Panochthus Burmeister, 1866 |
| Type species | |
| †Panochthus tuberculatus Owen, 1845
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| Inferred range of the genus Panochthus based on known localities | |
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Synonyms of P. tuberculatus
Synonyms of P. greslebini
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Panochthus is an extinct genus of glyptodont, which lived in the Gran Chaco-Pampean region of Argentina (Lujan, Yupoí and Agua Blanca Formations), Brazil (Jandaíra Formation), Bolivia (Tarija and Ñuapua Formations), Paraguay and Uruguay (Sopas and Dolores Formations) during the Pleistocene epoch.[1][2][3][4]
It could reach 3 metres (9.8 ft) in length and a weight up to 1,500 kilograms (3,300 lb)[5] the upper skull and the body were protected by hemispherical armor composed of hundreds of rounded scales. The tail, short and wedge-shaped, consisted of small bony bands with small spikes used for defense. Preserved tracheal rings are known from one specimen.[6]
Gallery
Panochthus vogti skull
1878 restoration of P. tuberculatus
See also
References
- ↑ Panochthus at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Zurita, Alfredo Eduardo; Zamorano, Martín; Scillato-Yané, Gustavo Juan; Fidel, Sergio; Iriondo, Martín; Gillette, David D. (2017-01-16). "A new species of Panochthus Burmeister (Xenarthra, Cingulata, Glyptodontidae) from the Pleistocene of the Eastern Cordillera, Bolivia". Historical Biology 29 (8): 1076–1088. doi:10.1080/08912963.2016.1278443. ISSN 0891-2963. Bibcode: 2017HBio...29.1076Z. http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/119248.
- ↑ Zurita, Alfredo; Zamorano, Martín; Scillato-Yané, Gustavo; Fidel, Sergio; Iriondo, Martín; Gillette, David (2017-01-16). "A new species of Panochthus Burmeister (Xenarthra, Cingulata, Glyptodontidae) from the Pleistocene of the Eastern Cordillera, Bolivia". Historical Biology 29 (8): 1076–1088. doi:10.1080/08912963.2016.1278443. Bibcode: 2017HBio...29.1076Z. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312481648.
- ↑ Zamorano, Martín; Mones, Alvaro; Scillato-Yané, Gustavo (2012-04-30). "Redescripción y designación de un neotipo de Panochthus tuberculatus (Owen) (Mammalia, Cingulata, Glyptodontidae)". Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 15: 113–122. doi:10.4072/rbp.2012.1.10. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/276220395.
- ↑ (in Spanish) Chicosabordo
- ↑ Zamorano, Martín (2020). "Exceptional preservation of tracheal rings in a glyptodont mammal from the Late Pleistocene of Argentina". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 65. doi:10.4202/app.00654.2019. ISSN 0567-7920.
Further reading
- Dinosaur Encyclopedia by Jayne Parsons
- Guimarães de Lima, Fábio Cunha, and Kleberson de Oliveira Porpino. 2018. Ectoparasitism and infections in the exoskeletons of large fossil cingulates. PLoS ONE 13. e0205656. Accessed 2018-10-18.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q3893377 entry
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