Neosclerocalyptus

Neosclerocalyptus; Temporal range: Pleistocene (Ensenadan-Lujanian); ~0.126–0.001 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Fossil in Valencia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Cingulata
Family:	Chlamyphoridae
Subfamily:	†Glyptodontinae
Genus:	†Neosclerocalyptus; Couto, 1957
Species
	N. castellanosi Zurita et al. 2013; N. gouldi Zurita et al. 2008; N. heusseri (Ameghino, 1889); N. ornatus (Owen, 1845) (type); N. paskoensis Zurita 2002; N. pseudornatus (Ameghino, 1889);
Synonyms
	Chacus Zurita 2002; Sclerocalyptus Ameghino 1891;

Neosclerocalyptus was an extinct genus of glyptodont that lived during the Pleistocene in northeastern Argentina.[1]

Species

The species known for this genus are:[2]

Fossils of Neosclerocalyptus have been found in:[4]

Zurita, A. E.; Scarano, A. C.; Carlini, A. A.; Scillato-Yané, G. J.; Soibelzon, E. (2011). "Neosclerocalyptus spp. (Cingulata: Glyptodontidae: Hoplophorini): Cranial morphology and palaeoenvironments along the changing Quaternary". Journal of Natural History. 45 (15–16): 893. doi:10.1080/00222933.2010.536917.
A. E. Zurita, A. A. Carlini, and G. J. Scillato-Yané. 2009. Paleobiogeography, biostratigraphy and systematics of the Hoplophorini (Xenarthra, Glyptodontoidea, Hoplophorinae) from the Ensenadan Stage (early Pleistocene to early-middle Pleistocene). Quaternary International 210:82-92.
Alfredo E. Zurita, Matias Taglioretti, Martin Zamorano, Gustavo J. Scillato-Yané, Carlos Luna, Daniel Boh & Mariano Magnussen Saffer. 2013. A new species of Neosclerocalyptus Paula Couto (Mammalia: Xenarthra: Cingulata): the oldest record of the genus and morphological and phylogenetic aspects. Zootaxa 3721 (4): 387–398.
Neosclerocalyptus at Fossilworks.org

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