Biology:Sclerocalyptus
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Short description: Extinct genus of mammals
| Sclerocalyptus | |
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| S. perfectus tail armour | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Cingulata |
| Family: | Chlamyphoridae |
| Subfamily: | †Glyptodontinae |
| Genus: | †Sclerocalyptus Owen 1845 |
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Sclerocalyptus was a glyptodont that lived during the Pleistocene (Ensenadan to Lujanian) in Argentina. Four species are described from the Ensenadan, S. pseudornatus, S. ornatus, S. perfectus and S. cordubensis, and two Lujanian taxa S. heusseri and S. evidens.[1]
References
- ↑ Zurita, A.; Scillato-Yané, G. J.; Carlini, A. A. (2005). "Paleozoogeographic, biostratigraphic, and systematic aspects of the genus Sclerocalyptus (Xenarthra, Glyptodontidae) of Argentina". Journal of South American Earth Sciences 20 (1–2): 121–129. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2005.06.013.
Wikidata ☰ Q7434148 entry
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