Superorder Xenarthra Phylum Chordata | Family Glyptodontidae Rank Species | |
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Genus Parapropalaehoplophorus Scientific name Parapropalaehoplophorus septentrionalis Similar Cingulata, Hoplophorus, Propalaehoplophorus, Glyptotherium, Panochthus | ||
How to pronounce parapropalaehoplophorus septentrionalis
Parapropalaehoplophorus septentrionalis was a comparatively small (compared to Glyptodon) species of glyptodont, extinct relatives of the modern armadillo. The mammal, identified in 2007 from the fossilized remains of a specimen found in 2004, weighed approximately 200 pounds and had a shell covered by tiny circular bumps. It lumbered around northern Chile in an area now dominated by the Andes mountain range, some 18 million years ago.
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