Panochthus
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| Panochthus | |
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| P. frenzelianus | |
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| Skeleton and shell of Panochthus tuberculatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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
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Panochthus vogti skull -
1878 restoration of P. tuberculatus
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ 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. Bibcode:2017HBio...29.1076Z. doi:10.1080/08912963.2016.1278443. ISSN 0891-2963. S2CID 91031708.
- ^ 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. Bibcode:2017HBio...29.1076Z. doi:10.1080/08912963.2016.1278443. S2CID 91031708.
- ^ 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.
- ^ (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
[edit]- Dinosaur Encyclopedia by Jayne Parsons
- Guimarães de Lima, Fábio Cunha; de Oliveira Porpino, Kleberson (2018), "Ectoparasitism and infections in the exoskeletons of large fossil cingulates", PLoS ONE, 13 (10): e0205656, Bibcode:2018PLoSO..1305656D, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0205656, PMC 6193641, PMID 30335796
External links
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