Sclerocalyptus

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]

Sclerocalyptus
Temporal range: Pleistocene (Ensenadan-Lujanian)
S. perfectus tail armour
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cingulata
Family: Chlamyphoridae
Subfamily: †Glyptodontinae
Genus: †Sclerocalyptus
Owen 1845
Species
  • †S. cordubensis
  • †S. evidens
  • †S. heusseri
  • †S. perfectus
  • †S. pseudornatus

References
  1. 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.


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