Hoplophorus Temporal range: Pleistocene |
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Shell fragment | |
Fossil
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Superorder: | Xenarthra |
Order: | Cingulata |
Family: | Chlamyphoridae |
Subfamily: | †Glyptodontinae |
Genus: | †Hoplophorus |
Binomial name | |
Hoplophorus euphractus Lund, 1838 |
Hoplophorus was an extinct genus of glyptodont, a family of mammals related to armadillo. The only known species was H. euphractus, found in deposits in Minas Gerais, in Brazil.