Biology:Plaxhaplous
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Short description: An extinct genus of mammals belonging to the armadillo order of xenarthrans
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Cingulata |
| Family: | Chlamyphoridae |
| Subfamily: | †Glyptodontinae |
| Genus: | †Plaxhaplous Ameghino, 1884 |
| Species: | †P. canaliculatus
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| †Plaxhaplous canaliculatus Ameghino, 1884
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Plaxhaplous was a genus of glyptodont, an extinct relative of the modern armadillo. It lived in the Pleistocene epoch.[1] The type species is Plaxhaplous canaliculatus.[2] Plaxhaplous canaliculatus fossils were found in Argentina, near Luján in Buenos Aires Province.[2] Plaxhaplous fossils have also been found in Uruguay.[1] and in the Charana Formation of Bolivia.[3]
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.[2]
Etymology
The name Plaxhaplous means simple, flat surface.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 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
Wikidata ☰ Q20721351 entry
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