Biology:Plaxhaplous
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Plaxhaplous was a dubious[1] genus of glyptodont, an extinct relative of the modern armadillo. It lived in the Pleistocene epoch.[2] The type species is Plaxhaplous canaliculatus.[3] Plaxhaplous canaliculatus fossils were found in Argentina, near Luján in Buenos Aires Province.[3] Plaxhaplous fossils have also been found in Uruguay.[2] and in the Charana Formation of Bolivia.[4]
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.[3]
Etymology
The name Plaxhaplous means simple, flat surface.[3]
References
- ↑ Núñez-Blasco, Alizia; Zurita, Alfredo E.; Miño-Boilini, Ángel R.; Bonini, Ricardo A.; Cuadrelli, Francisco (2021). "The glyptodont Eleutherocercus solidus from the late Neogene of north-western Argentina: Morphology, chronology, and phylogeny". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 66 (3): 79–99. doi:10.4202/app.00824.2020. https://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app008242020.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rinderknecht, A. (1999). "Estudios Sobre la Familia Glyptodontidae". Comunicaciones Paleantologicas del Museo Historia Natural de Montervideo 2 (31). http://www.mec.gub.uy/innovaportal/file/25795/1/cp31.pdf. Retrieved 2015-04-07.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 North America Fauna. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1904. pp. 546, 817. https://books.google.com/books?id=uFQWAAAAYAAJ&q=Plaxhaplous&pg=PA546. Retrieved 2015-04-07.
- ↑ Plaxhaplous at Fossilworks.org
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